Comments on: Three Men And Their Dinner – Lateral Thinking Puzzle #1

By: Sherwin A. Padua

Sherwin A. Padua — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:16:21 +0000

We might think that 8 coins should be divided to the eight loaves of bread eaten. But if each shepherd ate a portion of their share of bread, why would the hunter pay for that? with this in mind, Shepherd A (3 loaves) should be paid two coins while Shpherd B (5 loaves) should be paid three and one-thirds of the coins. The hunter should get his change. 8 coins less five and one-thirds, the hunter will two 2 and two-thirds of the coins paid.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:33:03 +0000

If they split 8 loaves between 3 ppl then each ate 2 2/3 loaves. That means that the first shepard only had 1/3 loaf to give to the hunter and the other shepard contributed 2 1/3 to the hunters meal. Therfore the first shepard contributed 1/8 and the second contributed 7/8 to the hunters meal. First shepard 1 coin and the second 7 coins.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:55:12 +0000

But what about the fact that they shared all the loves between the three of them? Did they not have all a same share in the loves?

By: srinivas awanti

srinivas awanti — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:22:22 +0000

a logic is involved in this .the 8 loaves wre divided as 8/3 each

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:45:41 +0000

that too easy….3 coins for 3 loaves and 5 coins for 5 loaves of bread

By: Erin Matlock

Erin Matlock — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:48:08 +0000

Hi Jemma,

The loaves of the bread were equally shared between the three men.

By: Jemma

Jemma — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:36:14 +0000

We are not told anything about how the loaves were shared, how large or how hungry each man was. We can assume that the loaves were divided evenly, but if we calculate only on the information we were given the answer would have to be 3 coins and 5 coins, would it not?

By: eyesdouble

eyesdouble — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:04:05 +0000

It’s 1 and 7. The proceeds are split proportionate to the amount of bread each shephard gave up to feed the hunter. There were 8 pieces, so each man ate 2 2/3 piece of bread. Which meant one shephard gave up 1/3 of a piece while the other gave 2 1/3 pieces. Of the combined 2 2/3 bread given up, 1/3 represents 1/8 and 2 2/3 is 7/8 … hence, one coin for the shephard that had 3 pieces of bread and 7 coins for the shepard that had 5.

By: Arianna

Arianna — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:03:46 +0000

I think the shepherd who had shared 5 loaves of bread should get 5 coins, and the shepherd who had shared 3 loaves of bread should get 3 coins.

By: ahmed gomaa

ahmed gomaa — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:55:15 +0000

1 & 7