ther is 7 girls on a bus
each girl has 7 bookbags
each bookbags has 7 big cats
for every big cat there are 7 little cats
how many legs are on the bus
there is 42 legs not including the bookbags
hi anthony,
hint first. try figuring out separately how many girls, then how many big cats, and then how many little cats.
obviously each girl has 2 legs and each cat 4 legs.
i get a few more than 42 legs on the bus
i get 7 girls,
7x7bookbags=49 book bags
7 bc x 49 bbs= 343 big cats
7 Lc x 343 bc = 2401 little cats
so.....girls 7x2=14legs
343bcx4=1372 big cat legs
2401x4= 9604 little cat legs
14+1372+9604=10990 legs
To find out how many legs are on the bus, we need to calculate the total number of legs contributed by the girls, bookbags, big cats, and little cats.
Let's break it down:
- There are 7 girls on the bus, and assuming each girl has two legs, the total number of legs contributed by the girls is 7 * 2 = 14 legs.
- Each girl has 7 bookbags, and we can assume that the bookbags have no legs. Hence, they don't add any additional legs to the total count.
- Each bookbag has 7 big cats, and assuming each big cat has 4 legs, the total number of legs contributed by the big cats is 7 * 7 * 4 = 196 legs.
- For each big cat, there are 7 little cats. Assuming each little cat has 4 legs, the total number of legs contributed by the little cats is 7 * 7 * 7 * 4 = 1372 legs.
To calculate the total number of legs on the bus, we add up the legs from each category: 14 (girls) + 196 (big cats) + 1372 (little cats) = 1582 legs on the bus.
So, there are 1582 legs on the bus.