17 camels and 3 sons

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Long ago, there lived an old man with his three sons in a deserted village, located in the vicinity of a desert. He had 17 camels, and they were the main source of his income. He used to rent out camels as a means of shipping in the desert. One day, he passed away. He had left a will, leaving his assets for his three sons.

After the funeral and the other obligations were over, the three sons read the will. While their father had divided all the property he had into three equal parts, he had divided the 17 camels in a different way. They were not shared equally among the three as ‘17’ is an odd number and a prime number, which cannot be divided

[arsalan-m]

Yeah, father gifted me 2 camels & distributed the remaining 15 in 3 sons. 5 for each Problem solved, Let's move on 😛

[williamtcooper]

That was an IQ test when I was five using apples. They wanted you to divide the apples and then make apple sauce with the remaining apples.