Math Riddle - can you answer this one?

[deighton2002]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

 

[showbhik]

ok , the answer is just 1 as you were the only person going to St Ives.