Your Mission, IF You Choose to Accept...

Are you smarter than a fifth grader?

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to solve the following
math problem. . . . . .


If you can't stand word math problems, just delete (or in this forum's case, ignore it) now.
If you can open the spreadsheet, you'll see it's a very small list of people
who have gotten the correct number. Here's the 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
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet.
If you open it, add your name and send it on to see who else can
unlock it.
***Send it back to let the person know you got it correct.***
This is a real math problem so don't say that a bus has no legs.


If you get the correct answer, that's the password to the
spreadsheet.
Put your name in the column with the names and forward it on, if
you were smart enough to get the right answer

***I will post the correct answer in a week or so. If you want to try it, you can PM me with your answer and I'll let you know if you're right or wrong.***

I didn't realize that an Excel file wasn't a valid file extension for attachments here. So, just PM me with your answer and I'll let you know.

Good luck, and NO CHEATING!!!!!

lmao yeah right like no one is gonna cheat lol :D

I've already seen this posted on a few forums so I'm sure the answer is floating around ;)

Can I assume that cats are considered to have "legs", and not just paws...?

Consider cats and kittens as each having four legs. :)

Shoot....that didn't work....probably making it too hard....

Bus driver is probably the only one wearing them. :D

What bus driver?

Nope, there isn't a bus driver. There really isn't a trick, it's an honest math problem.

Yes, I know we're all smart enough to know how to cheat, but don't cheat! :)

LEG - Someone not airborne quailified.

I.E. one who does not jump from a airplane in flight.

:D

Funny how old terminology surfaces. ;)

Umm...okay Train ;)

Quote:

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Consider cats and kittens as each having four legs

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I'm assuming there's no amputees among the girls, kittens or bus driver. :)

lmao Jet ;)

... as I remember in our last contest type event the "no cheating" thing didn't go so well .. so sorry if I don't sound too enthusiastic about this one lol

:D

I've come up with 20 'cause I've run out of fingers and toes to count.

No amputees, no bus driver. :)

Calculators are a plus.

If you change the extension on the xls file to .txt you can upload it here.

I have an answer (but I had to find an auditorium full of people to borrow their digits to get it ;) )

Would've used my abacus but the batteries were dead.

Thanks, Fink. I'll do that after everyone that is trying is done.

:)

I know why there is not a bus driver...after seeing what was getting on the bus, the driver fled the scene!!

Well I figure all the cats and kittens must be dead and flattened or there's no way they'd all fit in those backpacks. Ugh.

ginny1 got it right! :)

Sarrkazztic got it right! :)

fink got it right! :)

That was actually fun....thanks for posting it.

You're welcome. I enjoyed it, too.

Almost forgot -

Lgbpop got it right on Jan. 30, 08 :)

imadreamer2 got it right! :)

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Night_Skies got it right! :)