There is one bus with seven girls on it. Each girl has seven backpacks with seven lions in each backpack. Each big lion has seven little lions. How many legs are there all together?

Math - Reiny, Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 11:11am

Should be pretty easy, just think through it logically
there are 7 girls,.... so 14 legs
each girl has 7 backpacks with 7 big lions
so there are 7*7*7 or 343 big lions...each with 4 legs.... 1372 legs
each of the 343 big lions has 7 little lions
so 2401 little lions has four legs... so 9604 legs

so the answer to this rather silly question is
14 + 1372 + 9604 legs
= 10990 legs

To find the total number of legs, we need to calculate the legs of each element and then add them up.

Let's break it down step by step:

1. The girls: Since there are seven girls, and each girl has two legs, the total number of legs for the girls is 7 girls * 2 legs/girl = 14 legs.

2. The backpacks: Each girl has seven backpacks. Assuming the backpacks don't have any legs, we don't need to consider them in our calculation.

3. The big lions: Each backpack has seven big lions. Considering that big lions have four legs each, the total number of legs for the big lions is 7 backpacks * 7 big lions/backpack * 4 legs/lion = 196 legs.

4. The little lions: Each big lion has seven little lions. Assuming little lions also have four legs each, the total number of legs for the little lions is 7 backpacks * 7 big lions/backpack * 7 little lions/big lion * 4 legs/lion = 1372 legs.

Now, let's add up all the legs together:

Total number of legs = Legs of girls + Legs of big lions + Legs of little lions
= 14 legs + 196 legs + 1372 legs
= 1582 legs

Therefore, there are a total of 1582 legs all together.