There are 7 men on a bus. Each has 7 backpacks. Each backpack has 7 cats, each nursing 7 kittens, all on the bus. How many legs are on the bus? (This is not a trick question. The driver has stepped off to use the facilities; the cats should have. All animals and humans have the normal number of legs.
7x7 is 49 back packs, times 7 is 343 cats, times 7 is 2401 kittens, 343 plus 2401 kittens is 2744 four legged beings, times 4 is 10,976 animal legs, plus 14 human legs is 10990 total legs or and 14 more is you classify human upper limbs as legs
7 men = 14 legs
7 cats = 28 legs
49 kitten = 196 legs
add the legs you get 238 legs on the bus.
Follow anonymous' answer.
To determine the number of legs on the bus, we need to calculate the total number of legs for each component on the bus - the men, the backpacks, the cats, and their kittens. Let's break it down step by step:
1. The number of legs for the men:
Each man has 2 legs, so we can multiply the number of men (7) by the number of legs per man (2). This gives us 7 * 2 = 14 legs.
2. The number of legs for the backpacks:
Each backpack doesn't have any legs, so we don't count them. Backpacks are inanimate objects.
3. The number of legs for the cats:
Each cat has 4 legs. Since each man has 7 backpacks, and each backpack has 7 cats, we can calculate the total number of cat legs by multiplying the number of men (7) by the number of backpacks (7) by the number of cat legs (4). This gives us 7 * 7 * 4 = 196 cat legs.
4. The number of legs for the kittens:
Each kitten also has 4 legs. Since each man has 7 backpacks and each backpack has 7 cats with their kittens, we can calculate the total number of kitten legs by multiplying the number of men (7) by the number of backpacks (7) by the number of cats (7) by the number of kitten legs (4). This gives us 7 * 7 * 7 * 4 = 1372 kitten legs.
Now, let's add up all the legs:
Total number of legs = Men's legs + Cat legs + Kitten legs
Total number of legs = 14 legs (men) + 196 legs (cats) + 1372 legs (kittens)
Total number of legs = 14 + 196 + 1372 = 1582 legs
Therefore, there are 1582 legs on the bus.