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Question from leria, a student: This is not a trick question. This is a real math problems,.so don't say that a bus has no legs There are 7 girls in a bus. How many legs are there in the bus? One hint? it's a 6 digit number 14 girl legs I'm unable to get a 5 digit number. Please help |
Leria,
Look at your calculations again. There are 7 girls and each has 7 backpacks. Thus there are 7 × 7 = 49 backpacks. In each backpack is 7 cats so there are 49 × 7 = 343 big cats. Thus there are 343 × 4 big cat legs.
You say that this is not a trick question but it comes from a traditional nursery rhyme (puzzle) that might be considered a trick question.
Penny
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