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5th grade math problem

02/08/2009 10:35 AM

This is a 5th grade math problem.

This is not a trick question.
This is a real math problem so don't
say that a bus has no legs.



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.



Bus driver is not in the bus at this time.



Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

This should be easy. Good luck.

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02/08/2009 10:53 AM
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02/08/2009 11:42 AM

sorry, that was before I got here.

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02/08/2009 10:57 AM

1582 legs. That is defo right, because with that many cats, there could be some mutants!

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02/08/2009 11:41 AM

not even close.

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02/08/2009 12:17 PM

10,990 legs

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02/08/2009 2:52 PM

very good

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02/08/2009 2:24 PM

None, a bus has wheels.

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02/08/2009 5:40 PM

... that answer works for "on the bus", but not so well for "in the bus" ...

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02/08/2009 5:43 PM

Yah, I noticed once I re-read the question.

OOPS.

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02/15/2009 6:18 PM

10,990

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03/07/2009 1:59 AM

14. All backpacks are outside on the ground.

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04/22/2009 4:15 PM

The answer is 10,990.

7 girls X 2 = 14

343 big cats X 4 = 1372

2401 little cats X 4 = 9604

Take 14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10,990 legs in the bus.

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