Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

[rodeomom]

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?

There are 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

Question: How many legs are there in the bus?

[Tichfield]

Is the bus driver on the bus?

[phizzy]

oh blimey - not again - this keeps popping up, nearly as regular as carol vorderman - let someone else have a go this time - no offence rodeomom - and i hope you get it answered.

[hetherington]

the bus has wheels not legs

[nilesquimby]

Why would a girl have seven backpacks? That's just wrong! LOL

Sorry.......very unhelpful. I apologise

Niles

[phizzy]

can't resist a clue or two - is bus driver on board - are there any other passengers - are the girl's backpacks on the bus or on the pavement - do all the girls have all their legs - does each big cat and little cat have four legs - are any of the girls sat with a leg apiece through the window - i think last time this was on A.B. there were loads more even sillier but plausible possibilities - i think someone asked did any of the 'passengers' have a centipede or two with them ..........er about flies ??

[nilesquimby]

And hetherington is spot on! NO legs on THE bus.......it has wheels! LOL

[popsy topsy]

It says in the bus not on the bus. If they're on the bus, is it moving? if so it has a driver, could it be in the depot waiting for the driver?

[beavisshakur]

Yeah but the question asks in the bus, so therfore the wheels will not count, the answer would be 72, including the driver that is!

[phizzy]

aw c'mon surely we are trying to out-do a 5th grader - so it can't possibly be 72 - don't you think that is too easy - stick with the doubters - if we can't be taken to the damn bus and see 'everything' then the answer is surely anything from zero to - er - well how many noughts can you count to ?? one thing is for sure - question always gets a brilliant response - better than watching that other 'orrible little box - hey there's a thought - if you have 7 remotes and each remote has a one for all - and each remote and one for all has 25 ........... strewth stop me - i'm off for a cuppa JUST ONE ! - no harm meant just smile with me .

[FoxLee2]

Putting aside the stupidity of the question, if you are taking it at face value as a genuine sum, then beavisshakur is way off with his 72. The girls and driver would account for 16 legs. Each of the 7 backpacks has 7 cats, so 49 cats for each girl so that gives 343 cats for all the girls. Then every cat has 7 kittens so that comes to 2401. Add those two figures together and multiply by 4 for the legs and then add on the human 16 legs, If my arithmetic hasn't gone wrong, I make it a total of 10,992 legs and a waste of 10 minutes!!

[phizzy]

good on you foxy - hey up footies coming on that 'box' - bet you're glad nobody wants to know how many legs at the match - the mind boggles

[sads2008]

thanks foxlee

[phizzy]

sorry - i'm here again - just been looking at the question again, and if it is to be take literelly, and disregarding whether there are other people or animals or indeed anthing whatsoever that may have legs, and if we assume, that because the driver isn't mentioned, there is no driver involved, and then maybe viewing this as a real 'trick' question, then i would say there aren't any legs IN the bus as the girls are ON the bus. - this again assuming the backpacks are indeed with the girls. I wonder if this situation ever confronted 'Reg Varney' ?

[robwall12002]

I get the answer of 10,990 counting the girls