Riddle - can you solve ?

[z105]

This is a real math problem so don't say that a bus has no legs, and no there is no driver in the bus.

There are 7 girls in a bus.
Each girl has 7 backpacks (on their backs on a bus).
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?

 

[Celtwytch]

Darn maths puzzles - I can't resist them! Well, assuming that all occupants of the bus possess the number of legs that Nature intended, I reckon it's 10,990 legs in total.

 

[Red]

Cats have paws (or are they classified as legs ??)

 

[Celtwytch]

What are those paws attached to?

 

[z103]

Cats have paws

The paws are the scratchy things at the ends of the legs
{Post crossed with above}

 

[gipimann]

Excluding the legs on the bus seats (tee hee), I get 10 990

There are 7 girls - 14 legs
There are 49 backpacks
There are 49 x 7 big cats - 49 x 7x 4 legs = 1372
There are 49 x 7 x 7 little cats - 49 x 49 x 4 legs = 9604

 

[gipimann]

The paws are the scratchy things at the ends of the legs

Strictly, the claws are the scratchy things on the ends of the paws which are at the ends of the legs....

 

[demoivre]

(7x4x7x7x7) + (7x4x7x7) + (7x2) = 10990

 

[demoivre]

Excluding the legs on the bus seats (tee hee), I get 10 990

There are 7 girls - 14 legs
There are 49 backpacks
There are 49 x 7 big cats - 49 x 7x 4 legs = 1372
There are 49 x 7 x 7 little cats - 49 x 49 x 4 legs = 9604

demoivre and Celtwytch A+ gipiman E

 

[MrMan]

7 girls with 7 back packs each = 7x7 = 49 backpacks in which there are 7 big cats per back pack so 49 x 7 = 343 big cats x 4 (legs) = 1372. For every big cat there are 7 little ones so 343 x 7 = 2401 little cats x 4 (legs) = 9604 + the initial 7 girls x 2 (legs) = 14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10990 legs in total

after all that and someone got in before me in a much simpler fashion

 

[Ash 22]

I get 1582 legs

 

[addob]

damn those cats with 4 legs!

But ended with the 10,977!

 

[Celtwytch]

I get 1582 legs

How many of the cats are missing a leg or three?

 

[z105]

(7x4x7x7x7) + (7x4x7x7) + (7x2) = 10990

Excluding the legs on the bus seats (tee hee), I get 10 990

There are 7 girls - 14 legs
There are 49 backpacks
There are 49 x 7 big cats - 49 x 7x 4 legs = 1372
There are 49 x 7 x 7 little cats - 49 x 49 x 4 legs = 9604

Go to the top of the class !

 

[Ash 22]

How many of the cats are missing a leg or three?

My poor cats must have been on the way home from a night on the town and many of them were "legless"

 

[Cahir]

The first post states that there's no bus driver.

I'm finding it hard to see how anyone could come up with something other than 10990.

 

[Megan]

I took the easy route to solving this : Google.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/There_is_...ave_4_legs_each._How_many_legs_are_on_the_bus

 

[Celtwytch]

Go to the top of the class !

Hey, wait a minute! I was the first to give the correct answer!!!

 

[Celtwytch]

My poor cats must have been on the way home from a night on the town and many of them were "legless"

LMAO

 

[Megan]

Hey, wait a minute! I was the first to give the correct answer!!!

But is it the correct answer? It says the 7 girls are in the bus. (14 legs). It says they have 7 backpacks but it doesn't say the backpacks are in the bus.