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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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This is not a trick question. This is a real maths problem and don't say that the bus doesn't have 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.

The bus driver is not in the bus at this time.

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How many legs are there on the bus?

come on then whats the answer??

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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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7 girls = 14 legs
49 backpacks = 0 legs
343 big cats = 1372 legs
2401 small cars = 9604 legs

So a total of 10990 legs IN the bus.

But the question you asked was ON the bus, so I assume you mean none as busses have wheels instead of legs?


So I would argue if that is the case that it is indeed a trick question, although a fucking shite one obviously.
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip

So a total of 10990 legs IN the bus.
Thats the answer i got when i googled the question aswell.
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by paul16v
Thats the answer i got when i googled the question aswell.
That probably would have been a lot quicker than working it out like I just did, lol
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:30 PM
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Where does the 238 come from?

That appears to be 7 * 2 = 14 girls legs

Which leaves 224, which is 56 cats with 4 legs each, but I fail to see where you would come to the conclusion there were 56 cats?
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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10990 is the right answer, it was in an email I got a t work and the answer was the password to the file lol
I seemed to be fooking up my sums and wanted to open the file lol!!

thanks everyone!!
LOL at chips sums he has cars on the brain!!

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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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PMSL

Well at least now you know I didnt just copy and paste my answer, LOL
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 12:45 PM
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The backpacks must be fuckin massive.
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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10990

i guess you're meant to forget to multiply the number of cats by 4 or to count the girls legs or something
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by paul16v
The backpacks must be fuckin massive.






Altho with a bus full of schoolgirl&pussy i'm not surprised Chip was so quick off the mark
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by the youth
This is not a trick question. This is a real maths problem and don't say that the bus doesn't have 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.

The bus driver is not in the bus at this time.

Question:
How many legs are there on the bus?

come on then whats the answer??

steve
when you work out how many legs each girl has it's simple
2 legs for her
0 legs for her packs
28 legs for each of the big cat's she's carrying in her pack
196 legs to go along with the cat legs

then i gave up because i wanted to find out what he'd been sent
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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Was it worth it then Stevie?
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