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From Yesterday’s Post: FWD: Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?

I received a FWD’ed email in my inbox the other day that asked the following question:

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

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

(Q) How many legs are there in the bus?

HERE IS THE SOLUTION

There are 7 girls on a bus

7 girls with 2 legs each ..
7 x 2 = 14 legs

Each girl has 7 backpacks

7 girls with 7 backpacks each
7 x 7 = 49 backpacks in total

In each backpack, there are 7 big cats

49 backpacks with 7 big cats with 4 legs each
49 x 7 x 4 = 1,372 legs per backpack

For every big cat there are 7 little cats

There are 7 big cats in each of the 49 backpacks
7 x 49 = 343 big cats in total
Each big cats have 7 little cats each with 4 legs
343 x 7 x 4 = 9,604 legs

14 + 1,372 + 9,604 = 10,990 legs in total

You can verify my answer .. you just had to do a simple Google Search and find the answer online somewhere!

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF MY CONTEST!

I initially offered to give away 5 free advertising slots and posted the entry. But - nobody responded. So, I went over to BlogCatalog (my “homies”) and put a feel out to see if they were interested in trying to answer the question correctly. The response was overwelming and I decided to up the number of spots to 10. Unfortunately, it was taking forever to get 10 correct answers … and after the 9th correct answer .. FINALLY .. I received two correct answers within minutes from each other. So, I decided to actually have 11 winners!

You see - the puzzle had a lot of 7’s in it …. I was born on July 11th … See? 7? 11? See how tidy and neat that makes it?

So .. the following people “ARE” smarter than a 5th grader, and answered the question correctly. For their reward, I will be placing their links in my sidebar for the rest of 2007 … woohoo!

moneymoose.com
whereisthatmoney.blogspot.com
www.balticvisitor.com
www.gusland.com
blog.wakeupvibes.com
www.cajuncookingrecipes.com
www.vvide.com
rollydollar.wordpress.com
meghnaspages.blogspot.com/
majik2903.blogspot.com
www.funepets.com

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

These people “ARE NOT” smarter than a 5th Grader. However, for their punishment …(hehe.. just kidding!) for their participation and attempts .. I am including them here as a complimentary and permanent link into my blog! So, if you are reading this .. C’mon!~ Visit these people! They need all the help they can get!

rodval.blogspot.com
daily-rambler.blogspot.com/
wats-ur-opinion.blogspot.com
mattnutts.com
www.WhyBuyUsedCars.com
pastexpiry.blogspot.com
meghamathur.blogspot.com/
www.gadgets-news.com
www.kobrascorner.com
moneyne-ws.blogspot.com
fotofamilymemories.com