On the Way to St. Ives

On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?




Similar Riddles

Can you move 2 matchsticks to form four equal sized squares.

Make four Square Riddle

Asked by Neha on 17 Dec 2020


Make the seating arrangement of 10 children in such a way that there are 5 rows with 4 children in each row.

Asked by Neha on 18 Mar 2026

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

Asked by Neha on 03 Nov 2025


If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 18 Feb 2022

My cousin lives in one story house in Antarctica. His house is made the of-of sandstone. what is the color of stairs?

Asked by Neha on 27 Feb 2021

Why is the Hole below a Lock?

The Hole below a Lock

Asked by Neha on 22 Jul 2023


Which alphabet letter is a question?

Asked by Neha on 19 Apr 2023

Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?

Asked by Neha on 17 May 2021

There is a circular car race track of 10km. There are two cars, Car A and Car B. And they are at the exact opposite end to each other. At Time T(0), Both cars move toward each other at a constant speed of 100 m/seconds. As we know both cars are at the same speed they will always be the exact opposite to each other.
Note, at the center, there is a bug which starts flying towards Car A at time T(0). When the bug reaches car B, it turns back and starts moving towards the car A. The speed of bug is 1m/second. After 5 hours all three stop moving.
What is the total distance covered by the bug?

Asked by Neha on 03 Aug 2023


How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550 ?

Asked by Neha on 24 Apr 2021

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Jigsaw puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles soared in popularity during the great depression, as they provided a cheap, long-lasting, recyclable form of entertainment.