Riddle

If seven cats kill seven rats in 7 minutes, how many would be needed to kill one hundred rats in 50 minutes?

Choose an answer

A.7
B.50
C.100
D.14.
Hint: It's a word with 0 letters, starting with "1".

Answer

14.

Why this is the answer

Each cat kills roughly one rat every 7 minutes, so about 14 cats are needed to kill 100 rats within 50 minutes.

This riddle is filed under Pet, Cat & Dog Riddles and rated Hard.