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Posted: 6/4/2008 1:38:40 PM EDT

I got this math problem in email yesterday. It is a 5th grade problem, it is NOT a trick question. It came with a spreadsheet of people who got it right, and the password to open the spreadsheet was the answer so I know I got it right.

Can you answer it?

I'll post the correct answer at 5:30 tonight, don't post your answer in the thread, you'll ruin it for anyone that wants to test their mad skillz.

Here it is:

There are 7 girls in 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?

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:42:40 PM EDT

[#1]

.

ETA: I did okay in math, but I failed at listening to instructions!

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:42:55 PM EDT

[#2]

87

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:43:38 PM EDT

[#3]

I've seen it before - the correct answer is the PW to an excel file you can sign.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:45:03 PM EDT

[#4]

ETA--I think I know

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:45:47 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
14?

what i was thinking... is it?

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:46:44 PM EDT

[#6]

I got it. Oh, and yes, this is a subscription.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:47:29 PM EDT

[#7]

oops

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:47:34 PM EDT

[#8]

Easy, unless there's a trick in there somewhere.... like a kitty amputee, or a bus driver they're not telling about.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:48:06 PM EDT

[#9]

Edited! who quoted me?

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:48:28 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
14?

what i was thinking... is it?

Cats don't have legs?

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:48:58 PM EDT

[#11]

12x12÷12

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:49:08 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
14?

what i was thinking... is it?

Cats don't have legs?

Yeah, I got a really big number

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:50:32 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I huff gold paint.
Or 0. Buses have wheels, not legs.

Your title is no longer Moderator and is now officially Fun Killer.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:51:49 PM EDT

[#14]

I'd say 14 for sure, because it doesn't say the cats are on the bus, or whether there is a driver

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:52:14 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
****** with no bus driver, ****** with a bus driver.

Or 0. Buses have wheels, not legs.

Your title is no longer Moderator and is now officially Fun Killer.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:52:53 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Edited! who quoted me?

+1

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:53:49 PM EDT

[#17]

I suck at math.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:54:11 PM EDT

[#18]

Edit. got it, didn't realize we can't post an answer. I am great at algebra and calc, but I can't do arithmetic worth shit.

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:54:41 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Edited! who quoted me?

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:57:44 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Edit. got it, didn't realize we can't post an answer. I am great at algebra and calc, but I can't do arithmetic worth shit.

Hee, hee..... I got the same answers as you though.

(....................wait........... you did post a 5 digit answer than ended in ***90, right?)

Posted: 6/4/2008 1:59:25 PM EDT

[#21]

i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:01:11 PM EDT

[#22]

girls = 7 legs = 14
big cats = 343 legs = 1372
little cats = 2401 legs = 9604

Answer =
legs = 10990
legs + bus driver = 10992
legs / only human = 14
legs / only human + bus driver = 16

ETA: (7 x 2) + ((7 x 7) x 7) x 4) + (((7 x 7) x 7) x 7) x 4) = total legs {where (girls legs) + (big cats legs) + (little cats legs)}

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:02:21 PM EDT

[#23]

Assuming each girl has 2 legs AND each cat has 4 legs, AND that each girl brought all 7 backpacks with them, AND there is no bus driver, I have the answer.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:04:03 PM EDT

[#24]

I got it....I think.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:04:38 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
14?

what i was thinking... is it?

Cats don't have legs?

but they are in the backpacks

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:05:48 PM EDT

[#26]

Who shoves kitties into backpacks anyway?

That's as dumb as carrying a chihuahua in a purse.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:06:11 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
SNIP

DING DING DING

I hope - that's what I got.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:06:16 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
14?

what i was thinking... is it?

Cats don't have legs?

but they are in the backpacks

The girs have backbacks with cats, but where does it say the backpacks are actually on the bus with the girls?

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:06:58 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:
i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

DING DING DING

I hope - that's what I got.

Failure to the second power is still failure.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:07:29 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

Quoted:
14?

what i was thinking... is it?

Cats don't have legs?

but they are in the backpacks

But they are still in the bus.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:07:54 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
girls = 7 legs = 14
big cats = 343 legs = 1372
little cats = 2401 legs = 9604

Answer =
legs = 10990
legs + bus driver = 10992
legs / only human = 14
legs / only human + bus driver = 16

^ This.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:07:55 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

DING DING DING

I hope - that's what I got.

Failure to the second power is still failure.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:08:24 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

DING DING DING

I hope - that's what I got.

Failure to the second power is still failure.

His answer is incorrect. Atrophis has the correct answer.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:09:07 PM EDT

[#34]

I think I have it

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:09:11 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Edit. got it, didn't realize we can't post an answer. I am great at algebra and calc, but I can't do arithmetic worth shit.

<Jethro Bodine> If'n my cipherin' is cor-rect the answer is....
<Elly May Clampett> What kinda mean ol' girl keeps her critters in a backpack, anyways?

<eta> I think I have the answer...if there's no trick BS like the backpacks full of cats aren't actually on the bus with the girls, an unmentioned bus driver, gimpy tripod feline amputees, one (two???) of the girls is a co-joined twin, etc.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:12:41 PM EDT

[#36]

I think I know it, OST for the answer.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:14:32 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

DING DING DING

I hope - that's what I got.

Failure to the second power is still failure.

His answer is incorrect. Atrophis has the correct answer.

Yup.

To put it more simply:

7 girls x 2 legs = 14
7 girls x 7 backpacks x 7 big cats x 4 legs = 1372
7 girls x 7 backpacks x 7 big cats x 7 little cats x 4 legs = 9604

14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10990

A bus driver is not mentioned so you don't count him, but if it's a smartass question, then it's 10992.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:15:24 PM EDT

[#38]

Do 5th graders know how to follow directions? Cause Arfcom GD sure doesn't......

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:15:42 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
girls = 7 legs = 14
big cats = 343 legs = 1372
little cats = 2401 legs = 9604

Answer =
legs = 10990
legs + bus driver = 10992
legs / only human = 14
legs / only human + bus driver = 16

ETA: (7 x 2) + ((7 x 7) x 7) x 4) + (((7 x 7) x 7) x 7) x 4) = total legs {where (girls legs) + (big cats legs) + (little cats legs)}

Correct.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:16:49 PM EDT

[#40]

Another vote for 10990. I used notepad and calc.exe, I hope that wasn't cheating.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:17:48 PM EDT

[#41]

It's easier to use burlap sacks.

Quoted:
Who shoves kitties into backpacks anyway?

That's as dumb as carrying a chihuahua in a purse.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:18:12 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
girls = 7 legs = 14
big cats = 343 legs = 1372
little cats = 2401 legs = 9604

Answer =
legs = 10990
legs + bus driver = 10992
legs / only human = 14
legs / only human + bus driver = 16

ETA: (7 x 2) + ((7 x 7) x 7) x 4) + (((7 x 7) x 7) x 7) x 4) = total legs {where (girls legs) + (big cats legs) + (little cats legs)}

Correct.

Except that it doesn't say there's a driver on the bus. It could be parked idle without a driver, or one of the girls could be driving.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:19:59 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
It's easier to use burlap sacks.

Quoted:
Who shoves kitties into backpacks anyway?

That's as dumb as carrying a chihuahua in a purse.

Awwww..... that ain't right.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:21:25 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Do 5th graders know how to follow directions? Cause Arfcom GD sure doesn't......

The people who came up with 10990 do.

Quoted:
i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

Doubtless this monument of epic failure is why you can be a Texan and yet think chili has beans in it.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:24:50 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Except that it doesn't say there's a driver on the bus. It could be parked idle without a driver, or one of the girls could be driving.

He's covering his bases by offering all the potential solutions so nobody can come back with a trick. Smart way to do it.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:25:20 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Doubtless this monument to epic failure is why you can be a Texan and yet think chili has beans in it.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:26:02 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Do 5th graders know how to follow directions? Cause Arfcom GD sure doesn't......

+1

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:26:05 PM EDT

[#48]

<<<<<<<<Note the call sign.

Quoted:

Failure to the second power is still failure.

Dang it!

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:26:29 PM EDT

[#49]

yea i could of just googled it.

Posted: 6/4/2008 2:28:02 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Do 5th graders know how to follow directions? Cause Arfcom GD sure doesn't......

The people who came up with 10990 do.

Quoted:
i got 9604 cat legs and 14 people legs, assuming no bus driver

7x7x7x7 = 7^4=2401

2401 x 4 = 9604

plus 7x2 - 14

= 9618 total legs on the bus

Doubtless this monument of epic failure is why you can be a Texan and yet think chili has beans in it.

No, the people who got that answer and DIDN'T POST IT do.

What was that about chili and beans again **cough** failure **cough**

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