There are 7 girls on a bus. Each girl has 7 backpacks. In each backpack, there are 7 big cats. For every big cat there are 7 little cats.
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
OT: Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
Nov 22, 2007
16 Replies
First reply
Kittens. I believe it would be 4x7x7x7 plus 2x7. Plus 2 more, if the driver is present.
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Kittens.
I believe it would be 4x7x7x7 plus 2x7. Plus 2 more, if the driver is present.
Nope.
7 girls * 2 legs
+
7*7 backpacks * 0 legs+
7*7*7 big cats * 4 legs+
7*7*7*7 little cats * 4 legsThe second step (with coefficient of 0) is the one people are likely to leave out.
Since I'm a college professor, I leave the actual numerical evaluation to others...
That would be 1388 which is incorrect.
There are 7 girls, each girl has 2 legs so 7x2 = 14 legs There are 7 girls x 7 backpacks/girl x 7 cats/backpack x 4 legs/cat = 1,372 legs There are 7 girls x 7 backpacks/girl x 7 cats/backpack x 7 kittens/cat x 4 legs/kitten = 9,604 legs
So, 14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10,990
Plus 2 for the driver.
The driver wasn't considered, 10,990 is correct. Funny how many people I asked only calculated 2 legs per cat.
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The girls and cats are ON the bus, not IN it.
Peter
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7 * 7 = 49 little cats per backpack 49 little cats + 7 big cats = 56 total cats per backpack 56 cats * 4 legs = 224 cat legs Per backpack. 224 cat legs * 7 backpacks = 1568 cat legs 1568 cat legs + 2 girl's legs = 1570 total legs per girl + her cats 1570 * 7 = 10990 legs for the girls and cats. 10990 +2 = 10992 legs if the driver is present.
these numbers assume no missing legs.
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:10:37 GMT, "Dave" put finger to keyboard and composed:
One of the girls is driving the bus.
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I thought it was one of the cats....
jak
42 (the universal answer for everything).
Someone left a bloody window open and most of the cats escaped.
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}There are 7 girls on a bus....
}Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
Does "on a bus" used casually mean the same as "in the bus"?
If not, then the answer is zero (or 2 if the driver is driving)
Stan.
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