Heavy Load

Mr. and Mrs. Smith were walking home from the grocery store when Mr. Smith began complaining about how heavy his load was. Mrs. Smith replied: “ I don’t know what your complaining about. If you gave me one of your items, I would have twice as many as you but If I gave you one of mine, we would both have the same.” How many items were each of them carrying?

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April 26th, 2010 | Category: Brain Riddle, Mathematical, Real Life |  Email This Riddle

2 guesses to Heavy Load

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• Roolstar

  April 26, 2010 at 3:03 PM

  Mr. Smith has 5 Items
  Mrs. Smith has 7

• Dude

  April 26, 2010 at 3:54 PM

  You are correct!
  Nicely played, you’re today’s winner!