Seven men have seven wives.

One man and 7 wives = 8.
8×7= 56.
Seven men with seven wives each now is 56.

For children
For family one, a man and a wife= 7 children × 7 wives = 49

For 7 families now, 49×7= 343.

Total Children + parents= 343+56

Ans is 399 people

Given that the total family member of 1 man is 8 (wife + children), and there are 7 men in total; this means:

One family will be (8 x 7) + 1 = 57

And by extension, 7 families will be:

57 x 7 = 399

In summary, the total number of people will be 399.

RightToReject:


Given that the total family member of 1 man is 8 (wife + children), and there are 7 men in total; this means:

One family will be (8 x 7) + 1 = 57

And by extension, 7 families will be:

57 x 7 = 399

In summary, the total number of people will be 399.

I got this answer and the op kept condemning me like a criminal, I Kuku relax after all I never go Harvard

leksite120:
Seven men have seven wives.

One man and 7 wives = 8.
8×7= 56.
Seven men with seven wives each now is 56.

For children
For family one, a man and a wife= 7 children × 7 wives = 49

For 7 families now, 49×7= 343.

Total Children + parents= 343+56

Ans is 399 people

I got this answer and the op kept condemning me like a criminal, I Kuku relax after all I never go Harvard

uchman:


I got this answer and the op kept condemning me like a criminal, I Kuku relax after all I never go Harvard

Truth is that since it's just a riddle, if it's to be solved simply as that without analytical application, the answer can be 63. Thus:

Men = 7
Wives = 7
Men + Wives = 7 + 7 = 14
Each man & wife = 7 children
For all children 7×7=49
Total number of people Men + Wives + Children =7 + 7 + 47 = 63 people

Men 7
Wives 7
Each man 7 children = 49 children
Each woman 7 children = 49 children
Total 49+49+14= 112.

Key word -1. Each man and each wife not Each couple.
2. 7 men have 7 Wives not 7 men have 7
Wives Each.

7 men + 7 wives + 7 children = 21 people

yousouf1:
7 men + 7 wives + 7 children = 21 people

lol
My nigga

14+49 =63

RightToReject:


Truth is that since it's just a riddle, if it's to be solved simply as that without analytical application, the answer can be 63. Thus:

Men = 7
Wives = 7
Men + Wives = 7 + 7 = 14
Each man & wife = 7 children
For all children 7×7=49
Total number of people Men + Wives + Children =7 + 7 + 47 = 63 people

Pls make him understand thanks....

uchman:


I got this answer and the op kept condemning me like a criminal, I Kuku relax after all I never go Harvard

I never condemned you...i just said rubbish in a polite way,and you diverted it else where.

Haakeem:
I am sure almost 90% percent of nairalander's would also fail this simple brain cracking question.

Each man has 7 wives each and each wife, 7 children.

7 children * 7 wives = 49 children of first man.

49 children * 7 wives = 343 total children of the 7 men.

343 + 49 (total number of wives for all men) = 392 children+wives

392 (children+wives) + 7 men = 399 population

Kevsmart88:
Men 7
Wives 7
Each man 7 children = 49 children
Each woman 7 children = 49 children
Total 49+49+14= 112.

Key word -1. Each man and each wife not Each couple.
2. 7 men have 7 Wives not 7 men have 7
Wives Each.

The question say each men '''''have'''''' 7 wives. Look well

SirMichael1:


The question say each men '''''have'''''' 7 wives. Look well

Is there any English like “each men” and not each man?

uchman:


Is there any English like “each men” and not each man?

No, there's none. A mistake, obviously.

SirMichael1:


The question say each men '''''have'''''' 7 wives. Look well

No bro. The question said 7 men have 7 Wives, not 7 wives each. There's a full stop after the wives before the next sentence.
Or am I seeing something else?
I think it's important we read and comprehend before doing the math.
Correct me if I'm wrong with sound argument.

uchman:


That shows you are a kid if you go along insulting people that never offended you online...

Enjoy online is not offline...

My last words for you MR BROCK LESNAR...

I wonder why he's taking it seriously? Ontop question? Nawa o. Yes. He posted on a forum for a reason and he certainly shouldn't be expecting everyone's answer to be the same. Me I sha get your point joor.

yousouf1:
7 men + 7 wives + 7 children = 21 people

Mehnn, o raye. O ri e pe. I love your answer swear down!

63People i deserve to be in Harvard

bigpicture001:


Very correct

.

Not correct but wrong.

It's 56 and not 63

7 men have 7 wives FULLSTOP
that's one wife each
I believe if we have something like "7 men have 7 wives each" i.e. each man have 7 wives
making the total of men + wives = 14

Each man n each wife have 7 children each
notice how they have separated the men with each man/wife
i.e. each family have 7 children
1 family + 7 children = 9 people
7 families with 7 children each = 63 people

The answer is 63 for me..
The question says 7 men have 7 wives...
Each man and Each wife have 7 children...
Meaning A man and A wife has 7 children...
And there are 7 men and wives = 7*7 = 49
That's the number of children....
Whereas the number of men is 7 and number of women too is 7 = 14
14+49 = 63

Adolfhitler001:
7 men have 7 wives FULLSTOP
that's one wife each
I believe if we have something like "7 men have 7 wives each" i.e. each man have 7 wives
making the total of men + wives = 14

Each man n each wife have 7 children each
notice how they have separated the men with each man/wife
i.e. each family have 7 children
1 family + 7 children = 9 people
7 families with 7 children each = 63 people

It says each man and each wife not Each couple.
It is well detailed, each man and each wife have 7 children.

Kevsmart88:

It says each man and each wife not Each couple.
It is well detailed, each man and each wife have 7 children.

Don't you think for them to use the word "wives" attached to the men means they are couple?

Magnoliaa:


Mehnn, o raye. O ri e pe. I love your answer swear down!

Magnoliaa:
Harvard, my heart. ♥ ♥

Lemme try... 7 husbands + 7 wives = 14 people.
Since they are couples, the 7 children belongs to each of the couples...

Couple 1 = 7 children
Couple 2 = 7 children
Couple 3 = 7 children
Couple 4 = 7 children
Couple 5 = 7 children
Couple 6 = 7 children
Couple 7 = 7 children

All the children are 49, plus 7 husbands and 7 wives = 63.

There are 63 people in total.

D time wey U girls suppose take learn math... Una don waste am on top di.ck. Now U don fail math.

Answer na 112

Those guys don waste their brain oil on top hole called pus.sy. and no be their fault... Na D holes wey dey dia areas

The question is ambiguous. Whoever fails it is not wrong. It is the examiners that are wrong.

7 man have 7 wives?
Is it each of them that has seven wives?
Or is that that the 7 men have a total of 7 wives, a wife to each man?

Each man and each wife.... This is also ambiguous, and does not solve the problem of the previous ambiguity.

Pansophist, come and answer. Your guys dem are fighting here o. (I no want make any blood touch me).

Magnoliaa:
Pansophist, come and answer. Your guys dem are fighting here o. (I no want make any blood touch me).

Womanology is my specialty, not maths.

pansophist:


Womanology is my specialty, not maths.

Mtchewww.

SirMichael1:


The question say each men '''''have'''''' 7 wives. Look well

yes 7 men have 7 wives just like 7 kids may have 7 guards protecting them, it's not each man that has 7 wives and yes each man and each wife not each couple have 7 children but the men must meet with women there to have a child, don't expect a man to get a child from a woman outside the given parameters therefore 7 men can get 7 children from not more than 7 women there which ever way you try to combine it and vise versa hence the birth of a child is entitled to maximum of 7 ( 7men/7women), a woman's child must be one of the men child also
no. of children = 7 x 7children = 49. ( to say 7 x 14 means they may have partners outside the given question which makes no sense)
no. of men in the given set = 7
no. of women(wives) in the given set = 7
total number of people = 49 + 7 + 7 = 63people

Men = 7
Wives = 7
Each couple had 7 children = 7 × 7 = 49

So total number of people = 7 + 7 + 49 = 63.