how many legs?

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    Chris

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    7 children in a bus carry each 7 seven bagpacks (one child -> 7 bagpacks). In each bagpack you have 7 big cats. 1 cat carries 7 little cats with it.

    How many legs are there on the bus?

    Took me about 2 hours :lol:
     
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    105? :lol:
     
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    Not even close :lol:
     
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    I've always sucked at maths, so I feel no shame. :lol:
     
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    I got something like 10990 legs.
     
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    nope :lol: pretty close.
     
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    75? :lol:
     
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    Sorry Kevin :lol:
     
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    10990

    my final answer :)

    edit:

    10992

    the bus driver right?
     
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    2401.

    Penitent Tangent.

    -edit-
    Oh wait.

    4802.
     
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    No, no :lol:
     
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    Isn't that something off Halo? :lol:
     
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    No, shut up. :lol:

    I got 10990 after going through it with a friend.

    -edit-

    298.

    -edit2-

    I meant 238.
     
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    420 or 422?

    98 cats = 392legs
    7 children = 28 legs
    bus driver 2 legs

    I'm so F*kin wrong I know it. I suck at math
     
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    There are seven children, and each child has two legs.

    That means that there are 14 legs among the children.

    Each child has seven backpacks, and each backpack contains seven cats.

    That means there are 49 cats, each with four legs.

    That means, among the cats in the backpacks, there are 196 legs.

    196 legs and 14 legs makes 210 legs.

    One of the cats in the backpacks has seven more cats with it, each with four legs.

    That means there are 28 more legs.

    238.

    Except they're not on the bust, they're in the bus. So there's zero legs on the bus.
     
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    I almost had 238 or something like that... I thought it didnt make sense..
    Still don't... Thank you for my migraine sir.
     
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    It's stupid if that's the catch because not everyone knows how to use prepostitons in English properly.
     
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    I threw that in there in case that was the catch. :lol:
     
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    So it was a trick question all along? :lol:
     
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    I HATE TRICK questions..
     

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