Question

There are 35 cows in a field. Twentyeight chicken. How many didn't?
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Answer 1

Answer:

15.

To solve this, we can use little hints in the question.

For instance, rather than "chickens," you used "chicken."

Also, you used 35 for the cows, but then spelled out 28.

That's a bit odd, so it has to mean something.

So, let's see if there are any double meanings or hidden words.

Well, twenty-eight sounds like twenty ate.

twenty ate chicken

that makes sense unless it's something else and I'm confused.

Answer 2

Answer:

15

Explanation:

The reason this is so confusing is because you have to read the question without thinking about how it’s written. Read it out loud for a moment and “hear” the riddle without “reading” it.

The correct reading of the riddle is this:

There are 30 cows in the field. Twenty ate chickens. How many didn’t.”

See the trick? There aren’t 28 chickens in the field too. There are 20 cows in the field (out of 35) that ate (not 8) the chickens.