Comments on: Are you smarter than a 5th grader? http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/ A Blog about life, technology, sport and just about everything else. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Kat Peterson http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4867 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:01:04 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4867 Awesome problem...and yes I did get it correct. It makes us use our grey matter! Awesome problem…and yes I did get it correct. It makes us use our grey matter!

]]> by: alisha http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4862 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:06:41 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4862 yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got it!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehehehehe i'm not aloud to say the answer but i can tell you that it is really really HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got it!!!!!!!!!!
hehehehehehehehe
i’m not aloud to say the answer but i can tell you that it is really really HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> by: Dan http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4842 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:37:45 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4842 I thought it was quite easy... I was a computer engineer for several years, and pretty proficient in math. So, that may be the reason behind it, but apparently there are a LOT of people having problems with it. I thought it was quite easy… I was a computer engineer for several years, and pretty proficient in math. So, that may be the reason behind it, but apparently there are a LOT of people having problems with it.

]]> by: JIdems http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4838 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:07:37 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4838 This isn't really difficult. Obviously 7 girls x 2 legs = 14 7 backpacks for each girl is 7 x 7 = 49 each backpack contains: 7 big cats and 49 little cats (7 little x 7 big) therefore each individual pack contains 56 cats total 56 per pack x 49 packs in total = 2744 (cats big and small) multiply that by the number of legs a cat has 4 and add the total of the girls legs 14.. and I failed grade 11 math 8 years ago :p This isn’t really difficult.

Obviously 7 girls x 2 legs = 14

7 backpacks for each girl is 7 x 7 = 49

each backpack contains:

7 big cats
and
49 little cats (7 little x 7 big)

therefore each individual pack contains

56 cats total

56 per pack x 49 packs in total = 2744 (cats big and small)

multiply that by the number of legs a cat has 4 and add the total of the girls legs 14..

and I failed grade 11 math 8 years ago :p

]]> by: BessyLou http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4836 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:39:59 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4836 It took about 10 minutes. My Dad was one that loved to come up with Math quizzes. He was a genius, of course, I would think that, but his whole family was highly intelligent. He never could understand what happened to his kids. #$@#$% :help_tb: :help_tb: One of his was: "There is a sentence in the English Language that cannot be written down, with all the words spelled correctly in it". It is: "There are three tos', or toos', or twos', in the English Language; to, too and two. How would you spell the word meaning (all three of those words) that we already have. "To" means, going or doing something, "Too" means, also and "Two" means, the number 2. I'm having a difficult time writing it for your understanding my explanation. There is no such word that stands for that meaning. Dad always asked this question, orally, because he couldn't write it down. He also asked the question, why do I have such dumb kids in Math, since I'm a Math Teacher? He made up funny, catchy quotes, puzzles and quizzes for magazines, years ago. It took about 10 minutes. My Dad was one that loved to come up with Math quizzes. He was a genius, of course, I would think that, but his whole family was highly intelligent. He never could understand what happened to his kids. #$@#$% :help_tb: :help_tb:
One of his was: “There is a sentence in the English Language that cannot be written down, with all the words spelled correctly in it”. It is: “There are three tos’, or toos’, or twos’, in the English Language; to, too and two. How would you spell the word meaning (all three of those words) that we already have. “To” means, going or doing something, “Too” means, also and “Two” means, the number 2. I’m having a difficult time writing it for your understanding my explanation. There is no such word that stands for that meaning.
Dad always asked this question, orally, because he couldn’t write it down. He also asked the question, why do I have such dumb kids in Math, since I’m a Math Teacher? He made up funny, catchy quotes, puzzles and quizzes for magazines, years ago.

]]> by: BessyLou http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4835 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:10:48 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4835 Well, As far as #21 reply. I don't recall back packs ever having legs, HUM!!! DO THEY HAVE LEGS? GOSH, I DON'T THINK SO. Come on, #21 response had to be a blond joke, right? The only answer I could come up with is: 10,990 Total legs. Yeah, I wondered if there was a bus driver and I pondered on whether they wanted the legs of the seats counted but, it would take a frickin nerd to know how many seats were in a regular size school bus. So, I let that idea go quickly. :wallbash_tb: Well, As far as #21 reply. I don’t recall back packs ever having legs, HUM!!! DO THEY HAVE LEGS? GOSH, I DON’T THINK SO. Come on, #21 response had to be a blond joke, right?
The only answer I could come up with is: 10,990 Total legs.
Yeah, I wondered if there was a bus driver and I pondered on whether they wanted the legs of the seats counted but, it would take a frickin nerd to know how many seats were in a regular size school bus. So, I let that idea go quickly. :wallbash_tb:

]]> by: Melissa http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4832 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:18:34 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4832 nevermind ..i'm the feakin idiot haha nevermind ..i’m the feakin idiot haha

]]> by: Melissa http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4831 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:16:28 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4831 I don't see how the solution is correct because back packs don't have legs.. I came up with 238 I don’t see how the solution is correct because back packs don’t have legs.. I came up with 238

]]> by: steve http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4819 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:04:30 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4819 It took about 5 minutes without a calc. How much easier could it be? > Steve It took about 5 minutes without a calc. How much easier could it be? > Steve

]]> by: Debbie http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4793 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:37:00 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4793 This question has been driving me crazy ever since my daughter e-mailed it to me. I have envolved a lot of people into this question also. They have been calling me since Easter Sunday. My little sister in Arizona found this link and e-mailed it to me. I now can tell everybody the answer and how it was calculated. It surely thru us all for a loop. I am not smarter than a fifth grader that has been proven by this question. I don't want to think about girls, buses, or cats for a long time. Thank you very much This question has been driving me crazy ever since my daughter e-mailed it to me. I have envolved a lot of people into this question also. They have been calling me since Easter Sunday. My little sister in Arizona found this link and e-mailed it to me. I now can tell everybody the answer and how it was calculated. It surely thru us all for a loop. I am not smarter than a fifth grader that has been proven by this question. I don’t want to think about girls, buses, or cats for a long time. Thank you very much

]]> by: Jeri http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4787 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:20:18 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4787 Well I guess I answered my own question. I menat OR as smart as a 5th grader. :redface_wp: Well I guess I answered my own question. I menat OR as smart as a 5th grader. :redface_wp:

]]> by: Jeri http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4786 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:07:32 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4786 I got it on the 1st try. Does this make me smarter than as smart as a 5th grader? :ponder_tb: I got it on the 1st try. Does this make me smarter than as smart as a 5th grader? :ponder_tb:

]]> by: Carol Kowalik http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4784 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:49:28 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4784 I got it in 5 minutes I got it in 5 minutes

]]> by: Rebecca Thompson http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4781 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:49:42 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4781 The bus driver is either a GIRL, or not yet on the bus! The bus driver is either a GIRL, or not yet on the bus!

]]> by: Jill http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4778 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:01:34 +0000 http://thefoologs.com/are-you-smarter-than-a-5th-grader/#comment-4778 I did get teh answer but my question is......what about the bus driver's legs? :wacko_tb: I did get teh answer but my question is……what about the bus driver’s legs?

:wacko_tb:

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