The Division Problem

Hema Rao

Hariprasad had 19 camels. He made a will in which he divided his property and camels amongst his three sons. On his death, the sons found he had bequeathed half of these camels to his eldest son. Second son got one-fourth of his camels, while the youngest inherited one-fifth of the 19 camels. The sons did not know how to divide the camels as 19 was not totally divisible by any number except itself! Did they find a way to divide their father’s camels? READ on to find out!