The simple math problem you can’t solve

Updated April 28, 2021 by Leon Shivamber

If a ship had 26 sheep and 10 goats onboard how old is the captain?

I was recently introduced to a math problem that is so simple yet so crafty that I can only describe it as genius.

This particular problem gained some notoriety in 2018 when it took the internet by storm.

The problem was part of a Chinese fifth-grade math class quiz.