Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

[jholland1964]

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?

[Gizmokid2005]

10990. It's just simple math.

[jholland1964]

I actually received this from my daughter who is a 4th grade teacher. It came with an attached excel spreadsheet...which was locked and only could be opened if you typed in the correct answer. Once it opened you were to put your name on the list of solvers and forward it on...didn't know of a way to attach something like that so just put the riddle in.
I've had one fellow I sent it on to who has sent me a mail every half hour because he can't solve it. I am normally "math challenged", this is why my daughter sent it to me. But I fooled her and solved it!

[cauzomb]

7x7x7x7x4+14=9618?

[Gizmokid2005]

7x7x7x7x4+14=9618?

You only counted one set of legs

[cauzomb]

You only counted one set of legs

I didn't add the big cats yet..

[Gizmokid2005]

Well then why'd you guess?? LOL.

[TurcoLoco]

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?

14 legs (7 pairs that belong to the girls) the others don't touch the floor so they dont count?

[cauzomb]

The question is asking; how many legs IN the bus? ok this question mark thing is fun :P

[jholland1964]

This IS fun!