THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

Thursday, November 13, 2008

5th GRADE MATH PROBLEM

Can you solve this problem that was given several weeks ago in a 5th grade math class I subbed in. My brother sent it to me too, which made me remember the fun we had that day in 5th grade!

There are 7 girls on a bus (only the girls, no driver, which is kinda scary).
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?

Drop me a note with your guess...I'll post the answer next week!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: 238...That's my answer and I'm sticking to it!!!!!!!!!!

Stacy

PS. And there better not be any trick answers...You don't want to know how much time Katie and I just wasted on this!; 7:26 AM
The Grinstead Family said...: No tricks. The number is higher.; 8:03 AM

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