A man was walking down a road carrying a basket of eggs.
As he walked he met someone who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
A little further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg.
Later he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half of an egg.
At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg.
How many eggs did the man have to start with?
Seven eggs!
The first person bought one half of his eggs plus one half of an egg (4 eggs). This left him three eggs. The second person bought one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg (2 eggs), leaving the man one egg. The last person bought one-half of his eggs plus one-half an egg (1 egg), leaving no eggs.
Here’s your treat if you got it right!
Happy Easter!!
Jama's Alphabet Soup 
Rats! Rats! Rats! I started working my way down from 17 and got as far as 8 and gave up because I kept getting quarter-eggs. I should’a kept going ’cause those seven eggs-in-a-row are just so sweet!!
Hoppy Easter to you 😀
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All the way down to 8? Too bad you quit then. Well, for all your hard work, you get 8 Cadbury Creme Eggs!
And a very Happy Easter to you, too!!
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Mmmm, thank you – ’cause you know much I love chocolate ~
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