A 6th grade teacher posed the following problem to one of
her arithmetic classes:
"A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars.
One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his
butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?"
After a very long silence in the classroom, one little boy
raised his hand and with complete sincerity in his voice, answered, "A
lawyer!"