Mr Smith Has 4 Daughter's, Each Has 4 Brothers.

[sandyRoe]

How many kids has he got?
I answered 8 and was told I was wrong.
Any thoughts?

[Mamyalynne]

Cough, I was straight in with goats.

[pixie374]

You were, mamya :-) I know... but as "kids" is a well-known slang term for "children" and in the dictionary, it would be a disappointing answer.

[weecalf]

Goats Ah butt no body mentioned goats so mr Smith was Billy then am I right ? You answered 8. People what was wrong with that .was one of them your daughter ?

[Patsy33]

It should read Mr Smith 'had' four daughter's..

[Peter Pedant]

agree eight
were we told the correct answer

[elliemay1]

I agree with Jim F. Qn should probably be, 'Mr Smith Has 4 Daughters, Each Has 1 Brother...'

[sandyRoe]

I wrote it down wrongly.
Should have been Mr Smith Had...
I'm told the answer is 0.
Sorry for wasting your time.

[pixie374]

You haven't... I still don't get it tbh x

[Prudie]

Has or had makes no difference to me either, are they dead? He still had 4 daughters. Don't understand the question at all :-(

[sandyRoe]

It's a silly question not worthy of AB.

[pixie374]

It may not be, sandy, I just don't understand it xx

[jno]

no, no, I'd still like that one parsed, Sandy. Unless we're told specifically that he has no caprine possessions, he could have any number of goats old or young. Kindly drag your niece back for further interrogation.

[Patsy33]

A fb friend put this very same question up yesterday. He still hasn't revealed the answer. I was originally going to put 8. Until somebody else put the same, and was told it was wrong. So I kept 're reading it over and over. 0, was the only answer I could come up with. Had & have.
It was called critical thinking...
I suppose they all died... :-(

[pixie374]

Well, he would still have the brothers...

[JimF]

"Patsy33It should read Mr Smith 'had' four daughter's.."

No it shouldn't!

[sandyRoe]

JimF,
Please forgive the errant apostrophe

[DTCwordfan]

Is this really what Coronavirus does to the mind?

Reminds me of the following 'story':
An Irish woman went down to the Welfare Office to get aid.. The office worker asked her, "How many children do you have?"
"Nine," she replied.
"What are their names?" he asked.
Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, Jamie and," she answered.
"They're all named Jamie?" he asked.
"Yes, all of them are Jamie.
"What if you want them to come in from playing outside?"
"Oh, that's easy," she said. "I just call 'Jamie,' and they all come running in."
"And, if you want them to come to the table for dinner?"
"I just say, 'Jamie, come eat your dinner'," she answered.
"But what if you just want ONE of them to do something?" he asked.
"Oh, that's easy," she said. "I just use their last name!

[Patsy33]

I actually wrote daughters, but auto correct knew better :-)

[AuntPollyGrey]

How many kids has he got?

None, he does not have any baby goats but has 8 children.

[jno]

https://www.quora.com/Mr-Smith-had-four-daughters-each-daughter-had-one-brother-how-many-children-does-Mr-Smith-have