Classic math problem: How many legs on the bus?

[Legendary]

try
ZERO and 0

 

[Udgnim]

Originally posted by: 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.

I'm confused because of trying to differentiate between what is considered to be on the bus and what is considered to be in the bus

if "on the bus" means contact, then I would assume 14 legs are on the bus due to the seven girls. there is no mention of a bus driver, so I'm not going to count a driver

anyways due to wording of the sentences

There are seven girls on a bus.
How many legs on the bus?

shouldn't the answer be 14?

ultimately, I think this is more an interpretation of words than a math problem. the problem never states that the backbacks, cats, and kittens are on the bus or not.

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Who the fuck is driving the bus?

And how the fuck do you fit 7 cats and 49 kittens in a backpack?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: sswingle

Originally posted by: us3rnotfound
Lol, that is so easy:
7 human beans * 2 = 14 legs

49*7 = 343 cats * 4 = 1372 legs.
2041 kittens * 4 = 9604 legs.

10990 legs. bus driver. 10992.

Whats a human bean?

If his name is Jeff Lew, it would be Killer Bean.

Cats have paws not legs btw.

wat

Cats have legs and paws. Humans have arms, legs, hands, and feet.

 

[Killmenow]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Who the fuck is driving the bus?

Link

 

[SSSnail]

You're all wrong, it's 42.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
You're all wrong, it's 42.

I beg to differ. There is no bus.

 

[Zolty]

(7^4x4)+(7x2) = 9618

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: ggnl

Originally posted by: TallBill
Who the fuck is driving the bus?

And how the fuck do you fit 7 cats and 49 kittens in a backpack?

bonsai

 

[dquan97]

What if the cat belongs to Schoedinger?

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Who the fuck is driving the bus?

Otto.

 

[acheron]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Who the fuck is driving the bus?

Lt. Dan.

 

[alkemyst]

i'd love to see the work those that did not get 10990 or 10992 came up with...hell even you went so far at 10994 to say a cat drove the bus.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: dquan97
What if the cat belongs to Schoedinger?

this. cats don't exist until you open the bags, and then they would all run off the bus. So 14 is the correct answer

 

[keird]

:camera:'s of 7 girls please.

TTIWWP

 

[marketsons1985]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
i'd love to see the work those that did not get 10990 or 10992 came up with...hell even you went so far at 10994 to say a cat drove the bus.

Many here have explained that it was reading comprehension failure (either only one cat per backpack / one backpack per girl).

You too? (The reading comprehension failure that is).

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Including a bust driver then I would say 10992. However with that many cats I think you have to factor in the possibility that at least one of those cats would be missing a leg or two.

http://www.messybeast.com/disabled.htm#amputee

 

[Lamont Burns]

are they up for adoption? i could use a kitten or 12

 

[GasX]

Are the kittens on the bus?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: iFX
I'm surprised it took so many replies. This is simple multiplication folks. Nothing fancy. This is what, like 3rd grade math?

The email says it's a 5th grade math problem. Though I don't know in which country. When you unlock the spreadsheet you're supposed to add your name and location, then pass it on. The first four are all in New Jersey.

Actually, when you open the spreadsheet your email is infected with a nasty virus...

 

[dullard]

I'll stick with 0 even though the topic summary says otherwise. Busses don't have legs. There may be legs IN the bus, but none are probably ON the bus.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: 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.

Each backpack has 7 cats and 49 kittens (56 felines), and each have 4 legs. So there are 1568 legs (7 backpacks x 56 felines x 4 legs each). 7 girls each with 7 backpacks would have (1568 legs x 7) + 14 legs for the 7 girls, which is a total of 10990 legs.

Now if the question is how many legs are on the bus, the answer is 14 because all the felines are in backpacks (or zero since buses don't have legs).

 

[mrSHEiK124]

10990

7 girls, 7 backpacks a piece is 49 backpacks. 7 cats in each backpack is 343 cats. 343 cats have 7 kittens a piece, so total cats is 343*8 = 2744. 2744 felines have 10976 legs combined, plus 14 legs for 7 girls = 10990.

 

[Possessed Freak]

10 L = 0
20 FOR G = 1 to 7
30 L = L + 2
40 FOR B = 1 to 7
50 FOR C = 1 to 7
60 L = L + 4
70 FOR K = 1 TO 7
80 L = L + 4
90 NEXT
100 NEXT
110 NEXT
120 NEXT
130 PRINT L
140 END
RUN

I ran this code in my trusty Commodore 64 Emulator and got 10990.

L = legs
G = girls
B = backpack
C = cats
K = kittens

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: GasX

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: iFX
I'm surprised it took so many replies. This is simple multiplication folks. Nothing fancy. This is what, like 3rd grade math?

The email says it's a 5th grade math problem. Though I don't know in which country. When you unlock the spreadsheet you're supposed to add your name and location, then pass it on. The first four are all in New Jersey.

Actually, when you open the spreadsheet your email is infected with a nasty virus...

Better notify Google, it was my Gmail account.