Many people add up the number of gifts such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 and think that this amount (78) is the right number. It is not, because you have to add up all the consecutive gifts for every day.
Day 1- receives 1 gift
Day 2- receives 3 additional gifts, making 4 total
Day 3- receives 6 additional gifts, making 10 total
Day 4- receives 10 additional gifts, making 20 total
Day 5- receives 15 additional gifts, making 35 total
Day 6- receives 21 additional gifts, making 56 total
Day 7- receives 28 additional gifts, making 84 total
Day 8- receives 36 additional gifts, making 120 total
Day 9- receives 45 additional gifts, making 165 total
Day 10- receives 55 additional gifts, making 220 total
Day 11- receives 66 additional gifts, making 286 total
Day 12- receives 78 additional gifts, making 364 total gifts received.
Twelve lords a-leaping,
Eleven ladies dancing,
Ten pipers piping,
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold rings, (and people go berserk at this point)
Four Colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
As a note, Four Colly birds is now 'Four Calling birds' which are black birds).
As of 2007, the cost of this series of gifts was $19,507.19.
a partride a pear tree
2 turtle doves
3 french hens
4 calling birds
5 golden rings
6 geese-a-laying
7 swans-a-swimming
8 maids-a-milking
9 ladies dancing
10 lords-a-leaping
11 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming
What people often do is they do the math for the 12th day and forget that that number should be added to the number of gifts on each of the other previous 11 days to get the total number of gifts. See math below.
DAY / GIFTS THAT DAY / TOTAL NUMBER OF GIFTS
Day 1 / 1 / 1
Day 2 / 2+1=3 / 4
Day 3 / 3+2+1=6 / 10
Day 4 / 4+3+2+1=10 / 20
Day 5 / 5+4+3+2+1=25 / 45
Day 6 / 6+5+4+3+2+1=31 / 76
Day 7 / 7+6+5+4+3+2+1=38 / 114
Day 8 / 8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=46 / 160
Day 9 / 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=55 / 215
Day 10 / 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=65 / 280
Day 11 / 11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=76 / 350
Day 12 / On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree=88 / 438 total gifts
Answer
The above Answer (438) is not correct but the idea shown is.
11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=66 not 76
The correct answer is 364. "A partridge in a pear tree" is given 12 times, "Two turtle doves" are given 11 times,... "Twelve drummers drumming" are given just once. The following lines keep track of the entire song.
1 presents are given 12 times for a total of 12 presents.
2 presents are given 11 times for a total of 22 presents.
3 presents are given 10 times for a total of 30 presents.
4 presents are given 9 times for a total of 36 presents.
5 presents are given 8 times for a total of 40 presents.
6 presents are given 7 times for a total of 42 presents.
7 presents are given 6 times for a total of 42 presents.
8 presents are given 5 times for a total of 40 presents.
9 presents are given 4 times for a total of 36 presents.
10 presents are given 3 times for a total of 30 presents.
11 presents are given 2 times for a total of 22 presents.
12 presents are given 1 times for a total of 12 presents.
Adding up all the presents I get: 364
Answer
OK, we're probably all over thinking this a tick, but both answers are correct. There were 78 actual presents given:
12 Partridges
11 Pairs of Turtle Doves
10 Sets French Hens
9 Sets of Calling Birds
8 Sets of 5 Golden Rings
7 Sets of Geese a-Laying
6 Sets of Swans a-Swimming
5 Sets of Maids-a-Milking
4 Sets of Ladies Dancing
3 Sets of Lords-a-Leaping
2 Sets of Pipers Piping and finally
1 set of Drummers Drumming.
This issue is that each gift, regardless of the quantity of items that make up the gift is still just one gift.
However, the total quantity of ITEMS given is correctly 364 (spread out over 78 individual gifts).
In the end, it's pretty much up to you as to which way you want to look at the question. If you are asked how many presents were given then the answer is 78. If you are asked how many ITEMS were given, the answer is 364.
12 Drummers drumming
11 Pipers piping
10 Lords-a-Leaping
9 Ladies dancing
8 Maids-a-Milking
7 Swans-a-Swimming
6 Geese-a-laying
5 Gold Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear tree!
On the first day...a partridge in a pear tree.
On the second day...two turtledoves.
On the third day...three French hens.
On the fourth day...four calling birds.
On the fifth day...five golden rings.
On the sixth day...six geese-a-laying.
On the seventh day...seven swans-a-swimming.
On the eighth day...eight maids-a-milking.
On the ninth day...nine ladies dancing.
On the tenth day...ten lords-a-leaping.
On the eleventh day...eleven pipers piping.
On the twelfth day...twelve drummers drumming.
364 total gifts are given.
five gold bracelets
According to the popular song, there are 12.
there are 12 days of cdhristmas in the song
refering to the sond 12 days of Christmas it was nine ladies dancing.
You would have 78 gifts. 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 78.
78
By adding up the total number of gifts given on each of the 12 days.
Actually, no.In total, there are 364 gifts given on the Twelve Days of Christmas.1 + (1+2) + (1+2+3) . . .
364
five gold bracelets
In the song "The twelve days of Christmas" my true love gave to me a total of 78 things.
there were 79 i believe
12 Drummers drumming
12!?Or if you want to be precise12 + 11 + 10 + 9... etc would eventually lead to 78, or if you meant cumulatively: 364.
The 12 days of Christmas is celebrated with the day of Christmas.
According to the popular song, there are 12.
there are 12 days of cdhristmas in the song