answer this question if you can!!!!challenging question

Original post by RGV07

Feb 08, 2008 10:21 AM

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?

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

Quest ion: How many legs are there in the bus?

p.s no driver

diva7531 Posted: Feb 08, 2008 01:08 PM

Re: answer this question if you can!!!!challenging question

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10990???
your answer is correct!!!

Yayyy! I wasn't giving up. I hate getting these things wrong when they're really simple.

wow... good for you ...now can you break that down and tell me how you did that!!

acsm posted this one a few weeks ago. here's the breakdown:

7 girls = 14 legs (2 legs per girl)
7 backpacks per girl = 49 backpacks
49 x 7 = 343 big cats at 7 per backpack
343 x 4 = 1372 legs on the big cats (4 legs per cat)

For every big cat there are 7 little cats. If there are 343 big cats then 343 x 7 = 2401 little cats
2401 x 4 = 9604 legs on the small cats (4 legs per cat)

14+1372+9604 = 10990

yeah i totally read the q. wrong and didn't take into the factor--the 7 backpacks PER girl. lol

I didn't either!! I got the same number as you!!