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This is driving me bananas

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A friend sent me this math promblem and after 1/2 hour on it, still dont have right answer.

The answer supposedly unlocks an excel sheet and by signing my name it states "solved it"

well at last count my answer was 9708 but not the right answer

so here below is the promblem...can anyone help!

This is a 5th grade math problem. If you can open the spreadsheet, you'll see it's a very small list of people who have got the correct number. This is not a trick question. This is a real maths problem so don't say that a bus has no legs. The bus driver is not part of the equation.

  • 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 on 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.
Good Luck!

  

 

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pavementcracks70
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | pavementcracks70
Re: This is driving me bananas
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Roberts 1/21/08                                     Norman Fischer                                     Sue Clark                                     Dave Audi                                     Dennis Farrell (Denny)                                     Terry Berrier 1/26/08                                     Marcy Cook 1/26/08     56 56 56 56 56 56 56     nyjah myers1/29/08         LaToya Cooper 1/30/08         Damian Smalls 1/30/08                                     Melesia Tillman 1/30/08                                     Victor Turner 1/30/2008       392   NO. OF CAT'S  WITH ONE GIRL                                   2744                                               NO. OF CAT'S  WITH SEVEN GIRL           10976                                                     TOTAL LEGS of CATS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     GRAND TOTAL (With 14 Legs of 7 Girls)                                           10990                                                                                                                                                                           10990                                                                                            


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      HarrisonsMommy
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | HarrisonsMommy
Re: This is driving me bananas

Thanks Rue,

Cam is quite chuffed...I am too.

Angela



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      pavementcracks70
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | pavementcracks70
Re: This is driving me bananas

lol didnt copy well but if you look close enough your in there cameron



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           pavementcracks70
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | pavementcracks70
Re: This is driving me bananas

harrisons mom family 21/04/08 minti.com

cameron 16yrs old minti moms are proud!!!

okay thats better!!! put you in there cameron!!



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Libby24
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | Libby24
Re: This is driving me bananas

Chris "hubby"

After reading the question and NOT having it read too me! 

I came up with the answer of 10990

** remember "BIMDAS" people {(7x7(7)+7x7(7x7))x4}+14= 10990



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Ngairi
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | Ngairi
Re: This is driving me bananas

10990

 



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DarkenedAngel
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | DarkenedAngel
Re: This is driving me bananas

7 girls x 2 legs each = 14 legs

7 girls x 7 packs each = 49 packs x 7 big cats each = 343 big cats x 4 legs each = 1372 big cat legs

343 big cats x 7 little cats each = 2401 little cats x 4 legs each = 9604 little cat legs

9604 little cat legs + 1372 big cat legs + 14 girls' legs = 10990 legs.

You all forgot to multiply the number of backpacks each girl had by the number of cats in them.



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      DarkenedAngel
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | DarkenedAngel
Re: This is driving me bananas

And HM beat me to it, I didn't notice that comment down there wile I was off changing a nappy before posting. lol Good on ya HM!



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           HarrisonsMommy
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | HarrisonsMommy
Re: This is driving me bananas

Thanks, it was actually my stepson...he did well



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                DarkenedAngel
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | DarkenedAngel
Re: This is driving me bananas

That'd be right, give a problem an adult can't solve to a kid and they get it everytime. LOL I know kids that are better at opening child proof locks than adults are. Weird hey? Must be something about the simpler way their minds work or something. Hmmm... wonder what that says about me then? Hmmm.....



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                     Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | Arna
Re: This is driving me bananas

Us adults just over complicate things.  Either that, or we've forgotten how to be little kids.  Or, kids really are smarter than adults, more brain cells I suppose!



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                          DarkenedAngel
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | DarkenedAngel
Re: This is driving me bananas

The brain cells theory explains dementia, so we'll go with that one for now.



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Arna
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | Arna
Re: This is driving me bananas

Scratch my working out of it. Rue, it says the number of legs on the bus, buses don't have legs so the answer is 0.  If it was meant to be in the bus, then you have to work it all out.  As for the answer to the one I gave you, READ IT THROUGH.  THE IMPORTANT CLUE IS IN THE FIRST LINE!



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      DarkenedAngel
5.00 (Excellent) | April 25th | DarkenedAngel