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burston | 12:26 Thu 28th Feb 2008 | Riddles
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7 girls on a bus
each girl has 7 backpacks
In each backpack there are 7 Big cats
For every Big Cat there are 7 Little cats
How many legs are there on the bus

This is not a trick question

I cant get it but can anyone else ?
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The last time this was asked I wanted to know if the bus driver was also on the bus.
14 on the children
7 x 7 x 7 x 4 = 1372 on the big cats
and 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 4 = 9604 on the kittens.

Making a total of 10,990 legs altogether, assuming it's not a trick question.

No bus driver was mentioned in the question.
Did the RSPCA know that all these pussy cats were crowded onto this bus?
As squarebear says, assuming it's not a trick question - how do you know if any of the kids or cats are amputees ?

Anyway, my personal favourite answer to this - there are no legs on the bus - buses have wheels, not legs.
How do you know it's not a trick question - they usually are! I'd say the answer is 0; buses don't have legs.
If not, then here goes: In each backpack there are 49 little cats and 7 big cats; 56 cats in total, each with 4 legs. So 224 legs in each backpack. There are 49 backpacks: 10976 legs altogether. Plus, of course, the girls' own 14 legs. I make it 10,990
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I have just input the answer of 10990 and it is correct. So thanks to all who got it right. I still dont understand it but will look at it and see where I was going wrong. Thanks again
there r no legs on the bus!

or 14 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28

try 234 legs?
i mean try 238
no thats wrong too lol im confused
10990 legs
1386 legs?
The question was answered correctly 59 hours ago.
none, the bus has wheels

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