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Sam Loyd's Great Picnic Puzzle

Published Jul 16, 2012
Great Picnic Puzzle

When it comes to puzzles this one's a classic, so why not take a break, make yourself a cup of tea and give it a go? There are no prizes because you could easily Google the answer, so this one's just for fun. See if you can figure it out. We're pretty sure you will.

It was summer and time for the town's great annual picnic. Everyone in town went along and every wagon was needed to ferry all the people to and from the picnic. Half way there ten wagons broke down, so it was necessary for each of the remaining wagons to carry one more person.

When they set off for home it was discovered that fifteen more wagons were out of commission, so on the return trip there were three persons more in each wagon than when they started out in the morning.

Now who can work out how many people attended the great annual picnic?

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