Braingle: 'Sisters' Brain Teaser

Sisters

Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.

Puzzle ID:	#23599
Fun:	(2.15)
Difficulty:	(0.86)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	sk8ergrl

A 40 year old woman hadn't seen her sister in 4 years. They decided to get together and meet at a mall with their kids. The first woman has a boy and 2 girls. The second has 2 boys and 2 girls. How many sisters are there in all?

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onlyeeyore Jun 13, 2005	Pertty good, but more like a simple trick teaser.
sk8ergrl Jun 13, 2005	it's my first teaser
Hatedsgurl Jun 13, 2005	it was easy, good job
Punk_Rocker Jun 13, 2005	Really easy...O_o
sk8ergrl Jun 13, 2005	thanks
ginny322 Jun 20, 2005	easy but i liked it anyways.
flipflopchica Jun 21, 2005	k sry that one made me really mad though cause i was all counting and i got 9, grrr k sorry i'm ok now that was good
secerlemak Jun 23, 2005	what about the 40yr old woman she is also a sister plus da 2 women dats 3 plus da 4 girls dats 7
angeleyes_7 Jun 23, 2005	Easy, would have been good in the trick category
BigRock313 Jun 24, 2005	A bit easy, keep working on them. As for you secerlemak, I think you should reread the teaser, I think it did a good job on teasing you.
okieman51 Jun 27, 2005	used very little logic to arrive at correct answer, too easy, i figured i must have overlooked the trick, there was none
zigthepig Jun 29, 2005	really good and no brain strain
SiMs_FaN Jul 08, 2005	That one was kinda confusing. I still don't get it. There isn't any detail in the answer to understand. Oh well. Good job anyway!
tjsmom2005 Jul 13, 2005	Extremely easy. Good job. i like the ones that make sense, and I can answer without looking at the answer. Next time though, a little harder wouldn't hurt!
tintiniscool Aug 06, 2006	the answer is 13........right?? Mom #one ~~~~~~~~~~~ Boy has 2 sisters First girl has 1 sister Second girl has 1 sister sub total with mom #one: 5 Mom #two ~~~~~~~~~~~ First boy has 2 sisters Second boy has 2 sisters First girl has 1 sister Second girl has 1 sister sub total with mom #two: 6 Both moms ~~~~~~~~~~~ Mom #one has 1 sister Mom #two has 1 sister sub total with moms: 2 Grand Total: (5+6+2) 13 Please tell me if I am wrong, because I really want to know how I am.
MarcM1098 Oct 27, 2006	Mom #one ~~~~~~~~~~~ Boy has 2 sisters First girl has 1 sister Second girl has 1 sister sub total with mom #one: 4 (not 5) Grand Total: (4+6+2) 12 I calculated 12 as well - this is how many sister relationships there are. The given answer, 6, is how many people are sisters.
tintiniscool Nov 05, 2006	hhmmmmm..ok!
Awkward Mar 26, 2009	Yeah I agree with Tintin and Marc, the question is poorly phrased. I would have said 12 as well.