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HE HAD 15 EGGS. THE FIRST PERSON BOUGHT HALF OF THE 15 EGGS WHICH IS 7½ EGGS AND ANOTHER ½ EGG. SO HE BOUGHT 8 EGGS IN TOTAL AND JACK IS LEFT WITH 7 EGGS. THE SECOND PERSON BOUGHT HALF OF THE REMAINING 7 EGGS WHICH IS 3½ EGGS AND ANOTHER ½ EGG. SO HE BOUGHT 4 EGGS AND JACK IS LEFT WITH 3 EGGS. THE LAST PERSON BOUGHT HALF OF THE REMAINING 3 EGGS WHICH IS 1½ EGGS AND ANOTHER ½ EGG. SO THE LAST PERSON BOUGHT 2 EGGS. THAT LEAVES 1 EGG REMAINING IN JACK'S BASKET 25 EGGS WERE BROKEN. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY OF FINDING A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM: NUMBERS WHICH LEAVE A REMAINDER OF 1, WHEN DIVIDED BY 2: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35 NUMBERS WHICH LEAVE A REMAINDER OF 1, WHEN DIVIDED BY 3: 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37 NUMBERS WHICH LEAVE A REMAINDER OF 1, WHEN DIVIDED BY 4: 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37 NUMBERS WHICH LEAVE NO REMAINDER WHEN DIVIDED BY 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 THE ONLY NUMBER FULFILLING THE FOUR CONDITIONS IS 25 7 EGGS. THE FIRST PERSON BOUGHT ONE HALF OF HIS EGGS PLUS ONE HALF AN EGG (3 1/2 + 1/2 = 4 EGGS) THIS LEFT HIM 3 EGGS. THE SECOND PERSON BOUGHT ONE-HALF OF HIS EGGS PLUS ONE HALF AN EGG, (1 1/2 + 1/2 = 2 EGGS) LEAVING THE MAN 1 EGG. THE LAST PERSON BOUGHT ONE-HALF OF HIS EGGS PLUS ONE-HALF AN EGG, (1/2 + 1/2 = 1 EGG) LEAVING NO EGGS YOU TAKE THE CHICKEN ACROSS, AND THEN GO BACK FOR THE FOX. WHILE YOU ARE DROPPING OFF THE FOX, TAKE THE CHICKEN BACK, AND THEN GET THE GRAIN, AND TAKE IT ACROSS. THEN GO BACK AND GET THE CHICKEN. SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS!