Puzzle Time!

[spoiler=rereply :P]Well, 36=2*3*2*3*1*1*1*... :P It's out, but that's why he has to ask. If the woman had said the youngest daughter is sleeping... It was the motivation for the lack of information. I don't know how's the riddle meant, but here streets have odd numbers on one sidewalk, and even numbers on the other. I made my solution based on that. I'm sorry, when I explain something, I usually make it harder to understand :P[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Re:rereplay] Ah, hmmz, now I see what you are trying to say. That could hint at the 2+2+9 yes. Over here street numbers [i]usually[/i] advance with two as well. [/spoiler]

Nowhere in the question/womans answer does it state that all 3 daughters live there, or indeed the woman herself. Just a point.

Scrap the above. I should read things properly.

sorry matty [spoiler] 6-3-2 isnt the correct answer. Also, the ascendandcy of the numbers from one house to the next is not a factor. And eventhough the eldest daughter is sleeping at the time the census taker came, it could be she's sick. (i like the reasoning though). But there is a better solution and reasoning.[/spoiler] also to matty, some truth to your logic [spoiler]that even when the man knew the address next door, it was still insufficient, is a big hint.[/spoiler] PS to all, to satisfy the riddle, its not enough to guess the right answer, but to prove that it is the right answer. Example [spoiler]you can suggest 6-3-2. but how did you choose that combination of factors over a combination of 6-6-1 or 36-1-1 ?[/spoiler]

[spoiler=because...]...the only sum that's satisfied by two different combinations, then the only one which would need more information would be 13. 36+1+1=38 18+2+1=21 9+2+2=13 6+6+1=13 6+3+2=11 4+3+3=10[/spoiler]

Excellent PsymonStark! :P [spoiler]also 9+4+1 = 14 12+3+1 = 16 [/spoiler]

My 8's solution [spoiler](8888-8)/(8.88) = 1000[/spoiler]