Contractor Puzzle

India
August 19, 2010 6:17am CST
A contractor had employed 100 labourers for a flyover construction task. He did not allow any woman to work without her husband. Also, atleast half the men working came with their wives. He paid five rupees per day to each man, four rupees to each woman and one rupee to each child. He gave out 200 rupees every evening. How many men, women and children were working with the constructor?
3 responses
• Mauritius
19 Aug 10
there are 16 men, 12 women and 72 children.
• India
19 Aug 10
That's right.
• Mauritius
19 Aug 10
woww...
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• Mauritius
19 Aug 10
it has nothing to do with woww yo.. will tell you :)
@jothis (518)
• India
19 Aug 10
Funny to say that from my childhood I am totallly afraid of mathematics. So I dont know what to say.. Even I selected literature as I can avoid mathematics.. But a dilemma is that now I am in the marketing field
• India
20 Aug 10
It's not that a hard puzzle that requires a lot of mathematics. It's just a simple one. Did you give a try?
• United States
19 Aug 10
Okay literally I was calculating on paper and found my self stressing so instead I will respond with Congrats to all for a days pay.