A ship that was carrying 2 crates with a total of 4000 watermelons crashed into a rock. After a few hours one of the crates, together with 5 of the ship's sailors, stranded on a little island. On this island they found nothing but 1 monkey.

During the night sailor 1 woke up and took a look at the crate full of watermelons. He divided them fairly over himself and his 4 buddies. However, when he was done dividing them, he noticed that there was 1 watermelon leftover. He gave that one to the monkey. After that he hid his part somewhere on the island put the other watermelons back in the crate.

One hour later, sailor 2 woke up. He followed the same approach as sailor one, except he could only divide the watermelons that sailor 1 had left behind. He too noticed that there was 1 watermelon leftover and he gave it to the monkey.

Sailor 3, 4 and 5 did exactly the same.

The next morning when they all wake up they see that there are still some watermelons in the crate. However this time it is possible to divide the watermelons over the 5 sailors without giving one to the monkey.

How many watermelons were in the crate?

Well I don't know the answer but I'm happy that none of the sailors were black, in that case by the morning there would be 0 watermelons in a create.

Could you specify how many watermelons were in either crate, it seems sort of impossible to solve without any info as to how many watermelons were in the crates.

Could you specify how many watermelons were in either crate, it seems sort of impossible to solve without any info as to how many watermelons were in the crates.

It's not.

I'm sure everyones wondering how that monkey ended up at the island :kappa:

I'm sure everyones wondering how that monkey ended up at the island :kappa:

Magic.

I'm sure everyones wondering how that monkey ended up at the island :kappa:

Yeah cause monkies only live in a zoo

You said there were 2 crates on the ship but only one crate was used in these series of events.

From there I can only speculate that the crates were identical and contained half half of the total 4000 watermelons. So 2000.

A ship that was carrying 2 crates with a total of 4000 watermelons crashed into a rock. After a few hours one of the crates, together with 5 of the ship's sailors, stranded on a little island. On this island they found nothing but 1 monkey.

During the night sailor 1 woke up and took a look at the crate full of watermelons. He divided them fairly over himself and his 4 buddies. However, when he was done dividing them, he noticed that there was 1 watermelon leftover. He gave that one to the monkey. After that he hid his part somewhere on the island put the other watermelons back in the crate.

One hour later, sailor 2 woke up. He followed the same approach as sailor one, except he could only divide the watermelons that sailor 1 had left behind. He too noticed that there was 1 watermelon leftover and he gave it to the monkey.

Sailor 3, 4 and 5 did exactly the same.

The next morning when they all wake up they see that there are still some watermelons in the crate. However this time it is possible to divide the watermelons over the 5 sailors without giving one to the monkey.

How many watermelons were in the crate?

Row row row your boat, row it in the middle of the pacific ocean, And if you see a floating rock, don't forget to scream.

Quote from: Lars on May 11, 2015, 03:10:09 pm

A ship that was carrying 2 crates with a total of 4000 watermelons crashed into a rock. After a few hours one of the crates, together with 5 of the ship's sailors, stranded on a little island. On this island they found nothing but 1 monkey.

During the night sailor 1 woke up and took a look at the crate full of watermelons. He divided them fairly over himself and his 4 buddies. However, when he was done dividing them, he noticed that there was 1 watermelon leftover. He gave that one to the monkey. After that he hid his part somewhere on the island put the other watermelons back in the crate.

One hour later, sailor 2 woke up. He followed the same approach as sailor one, except he could only divide the watermelons that sailor 1 had left behind. He too noticed that there was 1 watermelon leftover and he gave it to the monkey.

Sailor 3, 4 and 5 did exactly the same.

The next morning when they all wake up they see that there are still some watermelons in the crate. However this time it is possible to divide the watermelons over the 5 sailors without giving one to the monkey.

How many watermelons were in the crate?

Row row row your boat, row it in the middle of the pacific ocean, And if you see a floating rock, don't forget to scream.

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When reaching the 3+ Sailors' calculation it gets complicated, like there is no logical answer lol, there would be 3 watermelons leftover when the third Sailor divides them..

Hint pls

EDIT: The last two numbers must be 70 eh?

There were 2 crates with a total of 2000 watermelons. Assuming each crate had to have watermelon(s) in them, and you are dealing with one crate, there could be anywhere from 1 to 1999 watermelons in the crate that we are talking about (1 in the other). There are not 2000 watermelons in the crate because at least 1 watermelon must remain in the other crate.

-Big Chris

There were 2 crates with a total of 2000 watermelons. Assuming each crate had to have watermelon(s) in them, and you are dealing with one crate, there could be anywhere from 1 to 1999 watermelons in the crate that we are talking about (1 in the other). There are not 2000 watermelons in the crate because at least 1 watermelon must remain in the other crate.

-Big Chris

A ship that was carrying 2 crates with a total of 4000 watermelons

??

Also your assumption isn't guaranteed by the riddle thus can't be considered valid.

Quote from: Big Chris on May 12, 2015, 07:03:50 am

There were 2 crates with a total of 2000 watermelons. Assuming each crate had to have watermelon(s) in them, and you are dealing with one crate, there could be anywhere from 1 to 1999 watermelons in the crate that we are talking about (1 in the other). There are not 2000 watermelons in the crate because at least 1 watermelon must remain in the other crate.

-Big Chris

Quote from: Lars on May 11, 2015, 03:10:09 pm

A ship that was carrying 2 crates with a total of 4000 watermelons

??

Also your assumption isn't guaranteed by the riddle thus can't be considered valid.

At first it said a total of 2000, this was a mistake so I later changed it to a total of 4000.

I never said that the watermelons were equally distributed between the 2 crates. There can be 3999 in one crate and 1 in the other.

ofc, i was thinking to myself, it would be impossible with a maximum of 1999... so let me have another crack at it

Edit: my current answer is, 3,281 Watermelons in the crate