 | Paul Johnson - 1999 - 276 str.
...and Roman worlds, and Egyptian-style prmiitive mathematics are reflected in such archaic ditties as 'As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives', etc. Granted the technology of the ancient world, and certainly granted the technology the Egyptians... | |
 | Bryan Bunch, Bryan H. Bunch - 2001 - 414 str.
...nearly 3000 years later by Fibonacci, and also is implicit in the trick question of a children's rhyme: As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 str.
...conceit than seven men that can render a reason"-Bible, Proverbs 26:16. As I was going to St. Ivés I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going... | |
 | Phil Cousineau - 2001 - 202 str.
...Love sees not me, Riddle me that Or hanged I'll be. — American 108 2H As I was going to St. Ivcs I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going... | |
 | Charles Barry Townsend - 2002 - 708 str.
...give up on this one. 48 "A/7 right now, Alfred, pay attention! I'll repeat the puzzle one more time. 'As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there... | |
 | Marcel Danesi - 2002 - 302 str.
...estate, all told? In eighteenth-century England this same puzzle appeared as a popular nursery rhyme: As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives, That version, however,... | |
 | Jackie Silberg - 2002 - 516 str.
...made me laff. Theme Connections Food Humor Cats Counting Families Numbers As I Was Going to St. Ives As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going... | |
 | Jacqueline Sweeney - 2002 - 84 str.
...a Punctuality Poll of the class to see how many kids are punctual and how many are not. 51 .-•• As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat has seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going... | |
 | Edward C. K. Mullan - 2014 - 430 str.
...history of maths. A version of this famous rhyme can be found on the Rhind papyrus of around 2000 BC. 'As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife has seven sacks. Every sack held seven cats. Every cat had seven kittens. Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
 | Barbara Robinette Moss - 2002 - 321 str.
..."Now you kids," he said, pointing to the rest of us, "figure this one out: As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going... | |
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As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives? 
