Riddle No. 289

[Carl]

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket ?


Answer will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

Give the last child the basket with one apple in it

[Carl]

ANSWER

4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple.