Answers to Puzzles

(Note: Answers were determined using this Chart.)

During the entire 12 days of Christmas:

1.  How many gifts did my true love give to me?

364 (by coincidence, that's almost exactly the number of days in a year!)

2.  Which kinds of gifts were given to me in the largest quantity? (That is, my true love gave me more ___________________________________ than anything else.)  

Geese and swans — 42 of each!

3.  Which kinds of gifts were given to me in the smallest quantity? (That is, my true love gave me fewer ___________________________________ than anything else.)     

Drummers and partridges — 12 of each!

4.    How many birds did I receive? 

 

   12 partridges

   22 turtledoves

   30 French hens

   36 calling birds

   42 geese

+42 swans

184 birds!