Comment Comment by glofish I believe that the author misremembers the common solution for the first question> 3 hens lay 3 eggs in 3 days. How many eggs do 12 hens give in 12 days?> [...] When we got to it, everybody shouted "Three!"I don't see why the "common" wrong answer would be 3. Why would anybody think that? The problem looks like this 3, 3 -> 3When we see the 12 and 12 the intuitive, common, wrong answer should be 12 eggs.That's what makes sense IMHO. parent glofish 3 years ago
> 3 hens lay 3 eggs in 3 days. How many eggs do 12 hens give in 12 days?
> [...] When we got to it, everybody shouted "Three!"
I don't see why the "common" wrong answer would be 3. Why would anybody think that? The problem looks like this 3, 3 -> 3
When we see the 12 and 12 the intuitive, common, wrong answer should be 12 eggs.
That's what makes sense IMHO.