This classic family riddle has been stumping people all over the internet! It sounds like a simple math problem at first, but it is actually a clever puzzle that tests how carefully you read.
The riddle asks: “A man has 7 daughters. Each daughter has 1 brother. How many children does he have?”
What makes this riddle so tricky is that your brain naturally wants to do multiplication. Many people immediately think that if there are seven daughters, and each one has a brother, they need to add seven boys to the seven girls. That would equal 14 children.
But pause and think about how a family works!
All seven girls are sisters. If there is just one boy in the family, he is the brother to every single one of his sisters. Therefore, each daughter shares the exact same brother.
To find the solution, you simply add the seven daughters to their one shared brother.
Answer: 8.
