Maths Problem "How Many legs?"
Mike
Here's a maths puzzle for you all...
There is a bus with 7 schoolgirls inside,
Each schoolgirl has 7 bags,
Inside each bag, there are 7 Big cats,
Each Big cat has 7 small cats,
All cats have 4 Legs each!
Question: How many Legs are there inside the bus?
I'll post the answer in a few days when you've all had chance to work this
one out..
Best wishes
Mike
Cybe R. Wizard
Barring trickery in the question, I get 9618.
Cybe R. Wizard
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hubops
... bus driver ?
.... are any of the bags INSIDE the bus ?
just curious ..
John T.
Jim Korman
<cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower> wrote:
>"Mike" <m.cha...@tesco.net> said:
>> Hi...
>>
>> Here's a maths puzzle for you all...
>>
>> There is a bus with 7 schoolgirls inside,
>> Each schoolgirl has 7 bags,
>> Inside each bag, there are 7 Big cats,
>> Each Big cat has 7 small cats,
>> All cats have 4 Legs each!
>> Question: How many Legs are there inside the bus?
>>
>> I'll post the answer in a few days when you've all had chance to work
>> this one out..
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
>Barring trickery in the question, I get 9618.
>
>Cybe R. Wizard
Hmmmmmmm, I get
7G * 7B * ((7BC * 4L) + (7BC * 7SC * 4L)) + (7G * 2L)
49* (28 + 196) + 14
= 10990
Jim
Jeanie
Does this bus have a driver? <g>
Jeanie
Jim Korman
I was looking around for other "sets of legs", but
found none but those mentioned.
Jim
mike...@gmail.com
> Jim Korman wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 May 2008 06:26:15 -0500, "Cybe R. Wizard"
> > <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower> wrote:
>
> >>> Hi...
>
> >>> Here's a maths puzzle for you all...
>
> >>> There is a bus with 7 schoolgirls inside,
> >>> Each schoolgirl has 7 bags,
> >>> Inside each bag, there are 7 Big cats,
> >>> Each Big cat has 7 small cats,
> >>> All cats have 4 Legs each!
> >>> Question: How many Legs are there inside the bus?
>
> >>> I'll post the answer in a few days when you've all had chance to
> >>> work this one out..
>
> >>> Best wishes
>
> >>> Mike
>
> >> Barring trickery in the question, I get 9618.
>
> >> Cybe R. Wizard
>
> > Hmmmmmmm, I get
>
> > 7G * 7B * ((7BC * 4L) + (7BC * 7SC * 4L)) + (7G * 2L)
> > 49* (28 + 196) + 14
>
> > = 10990
>
> > Jim
>
> Does this bus have a driver? <g>
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Actually there is no driver mentioned in this problem so one is to
persume that the bus is stationary and there are just 7 girls on the
bus. Maybe the driver hasn't arrived yet (lol)
Mike
mike...@gmail.com
Yes the bags are inside.. There is no driver
Mike
hubops
>> >Here's a maths puzzle for you all...
>> >There is a bus with 7 schoolgirls inside,
>> >Each schoolgirl has 7 bags,
>> >Inside each bag, there are 7 Big cats,
>> >Each Big cat has 7 small cats,
>> >All cats have 4 Legs each!
>> >Question: How many Legs are there inside the bus?
>> >I'll post the answer in a few days when you've all had chance to work this
>> >one out..
>> >Best wishes
>> >Mike
>> ... bus driver ?
>> .... are any of the bags INSIDE the bus ?
>> just curious ..
>> John T.
>Yes the bags are inside.. There is no driver
>Mike
I get 10990 - like the others posts.
But I sense a big groan coming
when you tell us the answer.
John T.
Mike62
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Well done to Jim and John who both got the correct answer..
The way to work it out is:
7 Girls = 14 Legs 7*7 = 49 Bags
49*7 = 343 Big Cats (343*4) = 1372 Legs
343*7 = 2401 small cats (2401*4) = 9604 Legs
9604
1372
+ 14
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Total: 10990 Legs
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Jeanie
All I got to say is, it must have been a helluva big bus. And I'm glad I'm
not the one who had to clean it after the cats left! LOL
Jeanie
John (that Alaska guy)
They were in bags, just waiting for the next bridge over a river....
Helen Edith Stephenson
<m.cha...@tesco.net> writes
7 schoolgirls * 2 legs
+ 7 schoolgirls * 7 bags * 7 big cats * 4 legs
+ 7 schoolgirls * 7 bags * 7 big cats * 7 small cats * 4 legs
= 14 + 1372 + 9604
= 10,990
...or possibly 10,992 if there's also a bus driver inside the bus!
Helen
Helen Edith Stephenson <helen at baronmoss dot demon dot co dot uk>
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Helen Edith Stephenson
Nobody said that the cats got let out of the bags, so I reckon the bus
would have been OK...
kelpie
I know this is an old post, but it reminded me of this question
The farmer and his dog are in a field with 10 cows, 2 goats, 40 sheep
and a bull.
How many feet are there in the field
Mike62
This could depend if the size of the field is measured in feet.
However the obvious answer I worked out was:
Farmer = 2 feet
Dog = 4 feet
Cows 10x4 = 40 feet
Goats 2x4 = 8 feet
Sheep 40x4 = 160 feet
Bull = 4 feet
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TOTAL NO OF FEET = 220
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The other thing is bulls and cows have hoofs, and sheep have split
hooves which can help them climb rocky hills. Goats have hooves too so
when you take this into consideration, the total number of feet would
be 6.
Best wishes
Mike
Mike62
Actually I added that up wrong. Instead of 220 the total number of
feet should be 218..
Mike
hubops
wrote:
2 ... the farmer has feet ;
the dog has paws;
the rest have ... hooves ?
John T
John (that Alaska guy)
John (that Alaska guy)
Dogs have paws, not feet. You were on the right track, though. The correct
answer should be 2. The farmer is the only one with feet.
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kelpie
Kelpie
kelpie
Except dogs have paws.
Kelpie