Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

[peter991]

I can't remember whether this one has been posted before, but here goes:

There are 7 girls in a bus

Each girl has 7 backpacks

In each backpack, there are 7 cats

For every cat there are 7 kittens

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

Hint: There is nobody else on the bus. All the girls and all the cats and kittens have the normal number of legs.

Peter

[suegha]

A bus doesn't have legs, it has wheels!

The correct answer is just too obvious!

[peter991]

Come on Suegha: Do you know the correct answer? Took me 5 minutes to get it right.

Peter

[Crossy]

10,990 possibly 10,992 if you include the bus driver.

It would be zero if the phrase was "How many legs are there on the bus?"

Edited March 8, 2008 by Crossy

[keemao]

1,582???? + 2 if counting driver.

[peter991]

Congratulations Crossy. Hint: There is nobody else on the bus. All the girls and all the cats and kittens have the normal number of legs.

Let's work through this

There's 7 girls. Each girl has 7 backpacks. Total backpacks = 49.

Each backpack has 7 cats. Multiply 49 x 7 = 343 cats.

Each cat has 7 kittens. Multiply 343 x 7 = 2401 kittens.

Total of cats and kittens is 343 + 2401 = 2744 animals.

Each of the animals has 4 legs. 2744 x 4 = 10,976

Each of the 7 girls has 2 legs. 7 x 2 = 14

Total is 10,976 + 14 = 10,990.

Peter

[suegha]

Well, I think that's obvious - but I have always been good at this type of maths!

[sinom]

there's a button called "SEARCH"

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...990&hl=legs

duh !

[peter991]

Thanks for the Search, sinom. As I said when I posted,

I can't remember whether this one has been posted before

.

Peter

[suegha]

Thanks for the Search, sinom. As I said when I posted,

I can't remember whether this one has been posted before

.

Peter

Don't worry peter, I can't remember seeing it before. And remember 'there is nothing new under the sun'...