Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

[cuttingras]

This is part of an email I just got...If anyone wants the excel sheet to see if you can open it let me know, I'll email it to ya...


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?

[Executivelevel]

A Lot

[cuttingras]

you want me to email it to you to see if you can open it? the answer is the key to open the list that you sign and pass on, locked of course....

[JohnO]

7 girls x 2 legs= 14 girl

343 big cats x 4 legs= 1372

2401 little cats x 4 legs= 9604

14 + 1372 + 9604 = 10,990 legs?

[coral reefer]

You've got to be kidding me! I'd rather count the number of pods in my sump!

[cuttingras]

Karma to JohnO Congrats...YOU are smarter than a fifth grader! I had to draw it all out and still wasn't right.......... ugh