Question

Five friends bake ginger bread and subsequently meet up for a tasting session. Each one gives one of his ginger

breads to each other person. Then each person eats all of the ginger bread they were given. After that the
number of ginger breads halves. How many ginger breads did the five friends have to start with?

Answer 1

The five friends had 10 fingers to start with; one had two each

Explanation:

The statement says each gave one of not all of his ginger in the toasting session.