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alex_bell
Here's another brain teaser with a maths feel to it:
A woman answered her door to a man with a clipboard.
'Good morning Madam' he said, 'can you tell me how many children you have ?
'3' came the reply.
'How old are they ?' the man continued.
Annoyed by his rudeness, the woman decided to make him work for the answer.
'The product of their ages is 36' she said.
The man thought for a while and then said 'I need more information'.
'Very well' she said, 'the sum of their ages is the same as the number on the house next door.'
The man promptly jumped over the fence, looked at the number on the door and jumped back over the fence complaining 'I still need one more clue'. 'The eldest plays the piano' she smirked.
The man smiled and wrote their three ages down on his clipboard.
What were the ages of her three children ?