How many animals are going toward the river?

Question

If a rabbit saw 6 elephants while going to the river and every elephant saw 2 monkeys going toward the river. Each monkey was holding a parrot. How many animals were going toward the river?

Answer 1

Hi Linda,

 

I will provide a range as the answer.

 

Like mentioned, if the elephants saw the same two monkeys and each monkey holds a parrot, then there are

1 rabbit

2 monkeys

2 parrots  Total of 5 animals.

 

If each elephant saw a different pair of monkeys, then

1 rabbit

12 monkeys

12 parrots Total of 25 animals.

 

min=5, max 25  You can get different answers depending on how you imagine different combinations of monkeys holding parrots and how many monkeys the elephants saw.

And please note that the assumption is that the elephants are not going to the river since that is not specifically mentioned in the question.

Answer 2

the rabbit 2 monkeys (each elephant saw the same 2 monkeys) 2 parrots 5 animals are going toward the river

Answer 3

Just 1...the rabbit!