BrainBashers - Easy Puzzles

Puzzle 153

As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

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Puzzle 154

I have three daughters and each has one brother.

How many children do I have?

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Puzzle 155

I started a journey to my Aunt's yesterday with a full tank of gasoline, 10 gallons, but at that exact moment my gasoline tank sprang a leak.

I managed to drive 50 miles, in exactly one hour, before coming to a complete stop with an empty tank.

I know that the car manages 25 miles per gallon.

How quickly was I losing gasoline?

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Puzzle 156

Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence:

After falling off the roof at work, Dale's pain was relieved by an ice compress.

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