Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?

[guitarchitect7]

Do you remember 5th grade math? Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

This is a real math problem so don't say that the bus has no legs. There are no tricks in the question. ​

If you get the correct answer, that's the password for the attached spreadsheet. ​

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? ​

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There are 7 girls on 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? ​

The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet. ​

If you open it, add your name, re-save the spreadsheet and send it on to see who else can unlock it. ​

Good luck!- ​

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[gocubs2118]

Its too early and my head already hurts from thinking about the answer.

 

[SuperCy]

I'm Smarter than a 5th Grader. Yeah!!!

 

[Mr Janny]

Hooray, I can do math!!!

 

[CYVADER]

I'm Smarter than a 5th Grader. Yeah!!!

me too. dfg

 

[CyinCo]

I thought it would it a trick question involving the bus driver. But it is just straightforward accounting.

This is much easier than a plane on a treadmill.

 

[DaddyMac]

That was a little harder than I first thought.

Tied doing the St Ives riddle on it - didn't work.

And really don't remember how to structure algebra all that well either

 

[isuno1fan]

I got it!

 

[keepngoal]

*pats self on back*

-keep

 

[jdoggivjc]

How the heck are you supposed to add your name and get it to save to the site?

This one ****** me off - I misread it... TWICE!!!

 

[acs4isu]

I got it, but what I want to know is the size of the backpacks and if there is any friction that would cause static electricity in a sufficient amount to propel the bus forward using.... oh never mind.

 

[bos]

Yay for google!

 

[cloneu]

I had this answered yesterday. That is how fast I am.

 

[guitarchitect7]

How the heck are you supposed to add your name and get it to save to the site?

This one ****** me off - I misread it... TWICE!!!

Save the file down and send it off to people. Its not on a website.

 

[akclone]

If you had a cat on a treadmill, and the treadmill could match the speed of the cats legs. How many airplanes could you fit in a bus?

 

[SuperCy]

For some reason Ralph Wiggum seemed appopriate here.

 

[Celeron]

Apparently my computer doesn't have excel installed on it so I only have a reader. So now I must come on here and brag at how amazing I am at math!

 

[cygirl83]

I am a 5th grade teacher, and I had to do the problem twice....oops! I'm going to give this to my class as a brain teaser/extra credit this afternoon. Should be interesting. :smile:

 

[cyfan964]

I thought it would it a trick question involving the bus driver. But it is just straightforward accounting.

This is much easier than a plane on a treadmill.

agreed i added the bus drivers legs

 

[CyPlainsDrifter]

Easy peezy, lemon squeezy.......