Classic math problem: How many legs on the bus?

[Steve]

So my brother forwarded me one of those popular FW: Fwd: Fw: emails, attached to it was an Excel sheet that is password locked. The password is the answer to this math question. Don't bother thinking outside the box, just do the math:

There are seven girls on a bus.
Each girl has seven backpacks.
Each backpack has seven cats.
Each cat has seven little kittens.
How many legs on the bus?

I was able to do it with MS Calculator and some scratch Notepad.exe. Too much math though, I think I need to go lie down now.

to the first to post the correct answer. No cheating! It's not that hard.

 

[acheron]

5502?

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: acheron
5502?

Nope.

 

[chalmers]

Um what is the question?

 

[Vageetasjn]

9,634

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
9,634

Closer, but no.

Originally posted by: chalmers
Um what is the question?

How many legs on the bus?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Girls 14 legs
Each cat has 4, there are 49 cats and 343 kittens, so that is
1582 legs on the bus?

Oh carp, there's more than 49 cats. That'd be 7x7x7, so there's 343, then there's 7 times that many kittens so that is...10,990?

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Girls 14 legs
Each cat has 4, there are 49 cats and 343 kittens, so that is
1582 legs on the bus?

Higher, much higher.

 

[Crusty]

4 * (7^4) + 14

 

[MrChad]

49 x 4 + 7 x 2 = 210 legs

 

[badkarma1399]

10990?

 

[Ramma2]

9618 w/ no bus driver
9620 if you include bus driver

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Girls 14 legs
Each cat has 4, there are 49 cats and 343 kittens, so that is
1582 legs on the bus?

Higher, much higher.

It doesn't say the kittens are on the bus.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
9,634

The girls have 2 arms and 2 legs.. not 4 legs.. and there isn't any mention of a bus driver!

 

[BassBomb]

11774

 

[Vageetasjn]

2401 kittens (x4 legs) = 9604
+14 girls' legs
+2 bus driver's legs
=9620

 

[acheron]

oh, wow, I think I calculated each cat as having 2 legs. I'm an idiot.

 

[Steve]

Hints:

- Don't include the driver.
- The answer is five digits.
- The kittens are in the backpacks with the cats. Everything counted is on the bus.
- Nobody's gotten it yet.

 

[BW86]

9814?
9816 w/ driver?

 

[Gibson486]

76832

 

[zoiks]

8239?
nm. fuzzy math.

 

[Vageetasjn]

10990

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
10990

!!!!

 

[Fenixgoon]

7 girls x 2 = 14 legs
(7girls x7backpacks x7cats) = 343 cats x 4 = 1372
(7^4) = 2401 kittens x 4 = 9604

10990 legs... not including a bus driver.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: Vageetasjn
10990

!!!!

doh, gotta include all the momma cat legs too