Can anyone get this tricky math problem?

The answer is 70 legs

Good luck with this and have fun! This is a 5th grade math problem.
If you can't stand word math problems, just delete now. If you can open the
spreadsheet, you'll see it's a very small list of people who have gotten
the correct number. This is not a trick question. This is a real math
problem so don't say that a bus has no legs.


There are 7 girls in 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?


The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet. (Do not have to spell out #)
If you open it.

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The answer is 70 legs

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Frisco said:

Just for fun, not for class. I can't get it.

Good luck with this and have fun! This is a 5th grade math problem.
If you can't stand word math problems, just delete now. If you can open the
spreadsheet, you'll see it's a very small list of people who have gotten
the correct number. This is not a trick question. This is a real math
problem so don't say that a bus has no legs.


There are 7 girls in 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?


The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet. (Do not have to spell out #)
If you open it.

Spreadsheet

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Nermal said:

Yep, that's it. Bonus points for anyone (else!) who can explain the answer.

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D,j,f,m,a ...

Going back to the puzzle, is the bus driverless?

Neither the OP problem or the calander are really math problems. They’re more of reading comprehension

I’m only popping on to say two things:

1/ The word ‘math’ annoys me. We use ‘maths’ over here. Maybe it’s a UK thing, but we did invent the language.....

2/ something about the bus driver

Krayzkat said:

I’m only popping on to say two things:

1/ The word ‘math’ annoys me. We use ‘maths’ over here. Maybe it’s a UK thing, but we did invent the language.....

2/ something about the bus driver

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Inventions are often improved upon!

The problem does not state that the backpacks or little cats are on the bus.

It does not state if one girl can drive the bus.

It does not state if there are other people or animals on the bus.

It also does not state that the bus is traveling.

And it does not state if it is a self-driving bus!

A cat cannot have a driving license. A 'girl' can.

Doctor Q said:

A cat doesn't need a license to drive a bus. It needs one only to drive a bus legally.

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That is RC.

I can remember doing the Monty Hall problem experimentally using cards to represent the "doors." Indeed, over about 200 trials total(10 pairs doing it multiple times), with half switching and half staying the same, we showed that switching was statistically better.

Of course, as has been hashed out, the assumption is made that host knows what is behind the door and will always show a door with a goat.

That was a tough one for me to wrap my head around.

bunnspecial said:

I can remember doing the Monty Hall problem experimentally using cards to represent the "doors." Indeed, over about 200 trials total(10 pairs doing it multiple times), with half switching and half staying the same, we showed that switching was statistically better.

Of course, as has been hashed out, the assumption is made that host knows what is behind the door and will always show a door with a goat.

That was a tough one for me to wrap my head around.

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Lots of students have problems with the Monty Hall problem. I’ve been most successful having them either considering the possibility of being wrong in the first pick or seeing it as a competition between two people. The option to change pick being represented by a second person.

I find it philosophically fun to imagine that the probability for the first choice would change with the knowledge of the second door after you already made your pick. A bit like is the cat in the box or not ...

Dear Algebra,

Stop asking us to find your X.
She’s not coming back!

And we don’t know Y either!

Gutwrench said:

Dear Algebra,

Stop asking us to find your X.
She’s not coming back!

And we don’t know Y either!

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