MollyMAM

This is one of those "IQ" questions that have been around for years. I would always work this out on a table with coins. It was great to do this on this website. Some rules:

Everybody must cross the river

Maximum two people on the raft at a time.

The father cannot stay with any of the daughters without their mother present.

The mother cannot stay with any of the sons without their father present.

The thief cannot stay with any family member if the policeman is not there

Only the mother, father, and policeman know how to operate the raft.

http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

Click on the big blue circle on the lower right to begin.

To get the people on and off the raft, click on them

To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river