'Mr Smith Had Four Daughters' puzzle: Here is the detailed answer

ongoing coronavirus lockdown has put many people under constraints of ir own houses. As more and more people practise social distancing and self-isolation, y have been finding unique ways to keep mselves entertained throughout day. While some spend time binge-watching TV shows and movies, some indulge in reading books or playing board games. A new trend of puzzles going around to solve on social media. With se various newer puzzles popping out for people to indulge in some brain-tickling activity, some older puzzles have also found ir way back.

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Mr Smith Had Four Daughters puzzle

One such puzzle which has come back is that of Mr Smithd Had Four Daughters. This fairly simple sounding puzzle has been going around social media platforms in abundance. Here is how it goes - 

•  Mr Smith had Four daughters, each daughter had a bror. How many children does Mr Smith have?

answer to this puzzle is fair simple but it is important to kw that this puzzle plays around with words. In this iteration of puzzle word 'had' takes over much importance. It is an interesting puzzle which plays around with people's mind by tricking people's perception. 

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If emphasized on word 'had', n it means that Mr Smith currently does t have any kids. One needs to carefully look at tense of sentence. sentence is formed in past-tense which confirms that Mr Smith does t have any kids w. On or hand, re is ar version of puzzle which changes answer completely. Check it out below -

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• Mr.Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a bror. How many children does Mr Smith have?

In this iteration of puzzle, sentence ins formed in present tense. Which ensures that Mr Smith currently has all his children with him. If each sister has a bror, n Mr Smith has a total of five children. This easy sounding yet tricky puzzle confuses people by use of words and sentence formation. 

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