You’re rummaging around your great grandmother’s attic when you find five short chains each made of four gold links. Riddle #3: The Gold Chain Math Problem Is Deceptively Simple Ready for the solution? Click here to see if you’re right. How many eggs does one hen lay in one day? Solution It’s due to him that I love math puzzles, and this is one of the first problems (of many) that he gave me when I was growing up.Ī hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half. This problem is in honor of my dad, Harold Feiveson.