Santa has 6 green socks 4 gold socks 8 black socks and 2 red socks in his bag whats the minimum he needs to pull out to have a pair

Question

Minimum he needs to pull out a matching pair

 

 

Answer 1

minimum to be 100% sure of getting a pair...

he could pull out a green sock, a gold sock, a black sock, and a red sock on 4 picks, none of which match

that's 4 picks

seeing that he has one of each color, on the fifth pick he will for sure have a match

5 is the minimum