Riddle.

[tdi]

How long will it take you?

There is a bus with 7 children.
Each child has 7 rucksacks.
In each rucksack are 7 big cats.
Each big cat has 7 small kittens.
Each cat has 4 legs.

Question: how many legs are in the bus?

the number of the legs is the password for enclosed file:

should you be able to open the file, write your name down inside the
file and forward this email to your friends.

figure it out and i'll send you the file.

[Grainger@CUFC]

A guess at 9604.

[Shinigami]

is it 1925?

[flux]

9618 :]

[tdi]

none are correct.

[Shinigami]

sixteen ?

[flux]

9618 :]
9620 if u count the bus driver
but it dnt say there is a driver

[Grainger@CUFC]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I forgot to add on the legs of the children :rolleyes:.

[Geraint]

EDIT: I didn't know each child had 7 rucksacks

[Firehorse]

Not really a riddle, it's one of those annoying questions you'd get for homework from a maths teacher that eats noodles for lunch and always wears a suit.

They must be massive rucksacks to each carry 7 individual BIG cats

I got 9613

[Blue]

17714 legs

[Jazza]

1386 I think

[360]

You know, I always take the easy way out

**** counting that, there's 0 legs inside the bus, the people are standing at the bus stop (H)

[Shinigami]

You know, I always take the easy way out

**** counting that, there's 0 legs inside the bus, the people are standing at the bus stop (H)

it clearly says they're in the bus though [:

[Wootzeh]

16, the animal aren't on the bus.

[tdi]

nobody is correct so far. (:

[L!nK..]

Hey,


10992 legs altogether



regards,
Calm-down.

[tdi]

Hey,


10992 legs altogether



regards,
Calm-down.
very close.

[L!nK..]

10990 without the driver then -_-

or did i do my maths wrong

Regards,
Calm-down.

[360]

10, 990!!

[tdi]

10, 990!!
10,990 is correct. Here's the file. I would +rep but my main account is banned, sorry.

http://rapidshare.de/files/38124698/cats.xls.html

[L!nK..]

I got it first ;)

[tdi]

you did. I can't rep though :(

[L!nK..]

No worries, I did it for fun not rep :)

[360]

I got it first ;)

we posted in the same minute :(

...
7 Kids X 7 bags per kid = 49 bags

49 bags X 7 big cats per bag = 343 big cats

343 big cats X 7 small cats per big cat = 2401 small cats

343 big cats + 2401 small cats = 2744 total cats

2744 total cats X 4 legs each = 10976 cat legs

10976 cat legs + 14 Kids legs = 10990 legs

[L!nK..]

we posted in the same minute :(

...
7 Kids X 7 bags per kid = 49 bags

49 bags X 7 big cats per bag = 343 big cats

343 big cats X 7 small cats per big cat = 2401 small cats

343 big cats + 2401 small cats = 2744 total cats

2744 total cats X 4 legs each = 10976 cat legs

10976 cat legs + 14 Kids legs = 10990 legs

Yep, that's what I did too ;)

[360]

Alternitively you could draw it out... but sack counting 10990 lines on xmas eve :(

[DiscoPat]

70 legs. or 238 legs.

[tdi]

No worries, I did it for fun not rep :)
hurrah, someone on this forum who doesn't actually care about rep. congratulations, anyway. (both of you)

[Brody]

aww man i did all that working out for nothing but it was fun:)

at least i can be proud noing that i got it right:)