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chris.p
09-Feb-2009, 19:39
Hope this works.???

This is a 5th grade math problem. If you can open the spreadsheet, you'll see it's (still) a very small list of people who have gotten the correct number.

This is not a trick question; this is a real math problem and everything you need to solve it is in the following:

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?

(The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet. If you open it, add your name and send it on to see who else can unlock it.) Good luck!!!


The xl file is to large to upload so post your answers below and I will reveal the correct answer later in the week.

Chris:burn:
TP
09-Feb-2009, 20:19
10990
Rattler
09-Feb-2009, 20:38
9618 ?? - DOH 10990 - provided that I'm not being stooopid ;) and we're dealing with bipeds and quadrupeds :eek:
NBs996
09-Feb-2009, 20:40
10990
agreed, assuming the bus driver hasn't turned up yet!
bradders
09-Feb-2009, 20:47
what about the old smelly weirdo thats always on the bus?!
NBs996
09-Feb-2009, 21:58
Bradders, what have you been told about lurking on the school bus!
bradders
09-Feb-2009, 23:14
Bradders, what have you been told about lurking on the school bus!

use war paint and camo to infiltrate the bus Q, then sneak under the seats?? you said it always worked for you....
ducati dad
09-Feb-2009, 23:29
14, all the backpacks are out on the pavement.
Bionicle
10-Feb-2009, 08:04
Non :) the big cats were all Tigers they ate the kids then buggerd off :)
skidlids
10-Feb-2009, 08:15
9618 ?? - DOH 10990 - provided that I'm not being stooopid ;) and we're dealing with bipeds and quadrupeds :eek:

I also came to 9618 without a driver
Rattler
10-Feb-2009, 08:41
I also came to 9618 without a driver

You need to include the legs of all of the cats, not just the little ones.
KeefyB
10-Feb-2009, 09:28
None!
The bus has a wheel in each corner,not legs!
SlowLearner
10-Feb-2009, 10:10
Blimey thats tricky before coffee !

I got it wrong with 1582, then realised i had not multiplied by 7 enough !

Now i too make it 10990 !
MARTIN H
10-Feb-2009, 10:13
10990 unless Heather McCartney was one of the girls? But even she wouldnt be so cruel to place so many cats in so few bags?
skidlids
10-Feb-2009, 10:32
You need to include the legs of all of the cats, not just the little ones.

That'll be the 343 big cats having 4 legs each, Aha I see where I went wrong
Silly Me :p
Glyn
10-Feb-2009, 21:32
42 h.g.t.t.g
Paul996
10-Feb-2009, 23:38
60, me thinks + 2 if you include the driver
Paul996
10-Feb-2009, 23:59
It's late, i'll have another go

1582!!!
chris.p
13-Feb-2009, 06:43
The Answer is..............10990 :)

Well done to TP, first out the blocks as usual;)


So how many of you used a caculator then:eek: ????:(


Chris:burn:
TP
13-Feb-2009, 11:11
What do I win? :D