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04/02/09, 11:59 AM
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...............Those of us who got 9618 , should get atleast a 90 on the test . , fordy 
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04/02/09, 12:01 PM
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I also got 10990 and I even did it on paper longhand! Took me a couple minutes though.
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04/02/09, 12:03 PM
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minutes.....took me and my son 30+ minutes LOL
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04/02/09, 12:11 PM
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10,990 legs, is best as I can figure.
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You got it!!! Boy, do I hate math, but I'm ok at it.
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04/02/09, 12:13 PM
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well thank goodness the little brats ain't bringing centipedes on th ebus with 'em! 
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04/02/09, 12:18 PM
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7 girls x 2 legs = 14 legs
7 backpacks x 7 girls = 49 backpacks x 1 big cat = 49 big cats x 4 legs = 196 legs
49 big cats x 7 little cats = 343 little cats x 4 legs = 1372 legs
14 + 196 + 1372 = 1582 legs
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04/02/09, 12:23 PM
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As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven bags.
Each bag had seven cats.
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
Kathleen (hint -- this one is easier to solve than the one in the OP!)
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04/02/09, 12:58 PM
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I give up. I am now completely confused! Too many backpacks and way too many cats!: help:
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04/02/09, 01:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueJuniperFarm
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven bags.
Each bag had seven cats.
Each cat had seven kits.
How many were going to St. Ives?
Kathleen (hint -- this one is easier to solve than the one in the OP!)
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One. That's an old one! 
And there's no animals allowed on the bus - backpacks or not! 
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04/02/09, 01:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cayenne47
This is a 5th grade math problem.
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 in the bus?
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We are left to wonder, from the wording of the question, if the backpacks & cats are actually on the bus. A possible correct answer is 14, as we are told there are 7 girls on the bus.... We don't know that all the other stuff is _with_ the girls, just that they own those items, perhaps somewhere else.
If we are to assume everything mentioned in the story is held by the girls _on_ the bus, then:
7 girls x 2 legs is 14 total legs.
7 girls x 7 backpacks x 7 big cats (that's 343 big cats) x 4 legs per big cat is 1372 legs.
343 big cats x 7 little cats x 4 legs is 9604 legs from little cats.
Total is 10,990.
But, I still think it tells us there are 7 girls on the bus, so my answer is 14.
It also might be a discriminatory question, as amputees could well be offended by the assumptions we must make.
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04/03/09, 06:22 AM
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There are no legs on the bus..... a bus has wheels. LOL
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04/03/09, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Lilandra
why would the girls have 7 backpacks each filled with one BIG cat and 7 little cats be concerned about how many legs were in each bag. wouldn't a bigger concern be all the fighting, scratching and poo-ing those cats in those bags would do and how would the girls carry 7 cat filled bags on a bus.
no wonder the bus driver left, I'd have a headache too
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04/03/09, 06:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueJuniperFarm
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven bags.
Each bag had seven cats.
Each cat had seven kits.
How many were going to St. Ives?
Kathleen (hint -- this one is easier to solve than the one in the OP!)
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Only 1 was going to St Ives. The rest were heading the other direction.
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04/03/09, 07:20 AM
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Dallas
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Either I read it wrong or the premise changed, didn't it originally say there was 1 big cat in each bag?
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04/03/09, 11:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HomesteadBaker
There are no legs on the bus..... a bus has wheels. LOL
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LOL! I think you've got it!
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04/03/09, 12:19 PM
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9422?
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04/03/09, 12:20 PM
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Question:
How many legs are there in the bus?
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04/03/09, 02:43 PM
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This is sad... very sad.
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04/03/09, 07:22 PM
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It never says if there are BOYS on the bus, too. It never says "ONLY" girls on the bus....
Not enough facts.
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04/04/09, 09:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by poorboy
Question:
How many legs are there in the bus?
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Yes, I know it said "IN" the bus, I read it correctly..... I was joking...... didn't see the "LOL" in my post??
Kitty
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