5th Grade Math Problem

[SCUBAJENNIFER]

Can you solve it?

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

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

 

[whoji]

10 990 + 2 (the driver)

 

[Trixxie]

should be 10990 legs

7 girls = 14 legs
49 BP w/7cats each = 343 cats x 4 = 1372
343 BC x 7 lc x 4 legs = 9604

eh?

problem didn't mention a driver...

 

[Teamcasa]

No bus driver. 10,990

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

I get 1582, not counting a driver...but there must some trick to this somewhere

 

[redacted]

(7 * 2) + (7 * 7 * 7 * 4) + (7 * 7 * 7 * 7 * 4) = number of legs

14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10990

 

[Thalassamania]

As a riddle the answer is zero legs on the bus since a bus has wheels. But as a math problem: 10990

 

[SCUBAJENNIFER]

Apparently they don't count the bus driver...10,990

It took me forever to figure this out today...i just wanted someone to back me up!!

I needed caffeine..

 

[JeffG]

I get 1582, not counting a driver...but there must some trick to this somewhere

No trick

 

[under water]

If you count the legs of the bus driver arghh.. I got it wrong!!
but I'm blaming it on a new bug in Excel