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If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field? Read more at:

One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big one. Read more at:

Why this works

This riddle plays on the idea of combining objects versus counting them separately. Initially, the farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 in another, which totals 9 haystacks. However, when he combines them into a single field, all those haystacks merge into one large haystack rather than remaining separate. The trick lies in recognizing that the act of "combining" changes the nature of the count from individual stacks to a singular, unified one!

Common Wrong Answers

“9”

This guess mistakenly adds the haystacks together without considering that combining them results in one large haystack.

“5”

This guess assumes that the farmer keeps the haystacks separate, ignoring the fact that combining them creates one single haystack.

“4”

This guess overlooks the fact that the haystacks from both fields merge into one, rather than remaining as separate entities.

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