✅ Answer: 9 sheep
“All BUT 9 die” means 9 survive. The sentence tells you the answer directly.
Most people calculate 17 minus 9 and say 8. But “all but 9” is not a subtraction problem — it’s a statement. Nine sheep are alive. Period.
This tests reading comprehension under mathematical pressure. When your brain sees numbers, it wants to compute. Sometimes computing is the mistake.
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