Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each caught exactly one fish, yet they brought home only three fish total. How is this mathematically and logically possible?
The group consists of three people: a grandfather, a father, and a son.
The father is both a son (to the grandfather) and a father (to the son). Thus, there are two fathers (the grandfather and the father) and two sons (the father and the son), totaling three individuals.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Easy. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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