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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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5th grade math

Ok at work and one of the guys opened a thread on his 4x4 forum and it had this question on it.

there are 7 girls on a bus

each girl has 7 backpacks each

each backpack has 7 big cats in them

each big cat has 7 little cats.

Now how many legs are on the bus and to let you know there isn't a bus driver.

post what you think it is and i will let you know is its right. it took me a few trys.

Good Luck.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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Busses do not have any legs.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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7 girls = 14 legs and 49 back packs

each back pack has 56 cats 7+(7x7)@4 legs each=224 legs in each pack

224legs x 49 packs= 10976 cat legs

10976+14 = 10990 legs???
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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That would be the last day my daughter went to that school....
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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1386 legs???
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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hmm ok 7 girls on the bus so thats 90 legs carry the 2 divide 4 cats by 9 bus tires subtract 34 miles that should come out to 1 leg! am i right!?!
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Little03
1386 legs???
Sounds right to me.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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You didn't specify the size of the bus.

If it's a 44 passenger bus there would be 22 seats, each with 4 legs (you weren't specific about what type of legs either).

But my answer would be the same as Bigfoot, I've never seen a bus with legs.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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well is the cat out of the bag?
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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well is the cat out of the bag?
Yes, I think bigfoot got it, busses dont have legs.
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Busses do not have any legs.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:27 PM
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id guess 4816 legs? haha i tried

edit: i read through the posts and i get it now. the bus doesnt have legs
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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I still wouldn't let my kid go to a school that allowed all those cats.

Another answer would be 44 legs if the 22 seat bus belonged to a non-airborne infantry unit...
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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7 kittens have 28 legs plus one cat is 32. 7 sets of 32 legs, per backpack, is 224 legs. If there's 224 legs in each backpack, then 7 backpacks have 1568 legs. If one girl has 1568 legs, then 7 girls have 10976 legs. Add on the 14 legs for the 7 girls and we have 10990 legs
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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There are 7 girls each who presumably have 2 legs for 14 human legs.

Those 7 girls each have 7 backpacks; in those backpacks are 7 large cats which have 7 small cats each…..

So you have 7(girls) x 7(backpacks) x 7(large cats) x (7 small cats) x 4 (legs per small cat) = 9604 legs on the small cats

You also have 7(girls) x 7(backpacks) x 7(large cats) x 4 (legs per large cat) = 1372 legs on the large cats.

This gives you a total of 10,990 legs (14 + 9604 + 1372)
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by usmc2311
You didn't specify the size of the bus.

If it's a 44 passenger bus there would be 22 seats, each with 4 legs (you weren't specific about what type of legs either).

But my answer would be the same as Bigfoot, I've never seen a bus with legs.
Last time I looked bus seats mounted to the wal on the outside and only had legs on the aisle side.
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