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11-18-2003, 08:50 PM
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Math question
Solve this puzzle.
4 men board a ship,each with 1 wife.Each couple has 2 kids,each kid has 3 cats and each cat has 5 kittens. How many mouths is there to feed? How many feet are there? P.S. ive alredy figured this out
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11-18-2003, 09:50 PM
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Re: Math question
i'm not a complete math wiz, but this is what i came up with:
160 mouths to feed and 608 feet ... am i right?
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11-19-2003, 07:47 AM
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Re: Math question
i'd say 4 mouths and 8 feet...or do the wives and stuff board the ship as well?
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12-10-2003, 03:44 PM
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Re: Math question
I did this in about 30 seconds, but is it 136 mouths and 512 feet. Is that correct?
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12-10-2003, 03:45 PM
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Re: Math question
daggers right so that means you guys are horrible.......wrong
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12-12-2003, 12:06 PM
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Re: Math question
The question isn't how many mouths and how many feet there are on the ship. The question is how many mouths and feet there are. The term "has" is also ambiguous in this case.
4 men = 8 feet 4 women = 8 feet 8 children = 16 feet 24 cats = 96 feet 120 kittens = 480 feet Therefore 160 mouths, 608 feet. Dagger is the winner.
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12-12-2003, 09:22 PM
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Re: Math question
Ain't this forum supposed to tutor people with actual math problems? If redlink2 already knew the answer, what is the purpose of the thread?
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12-13-2003, 10:34 PM
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Re: Math question
To keep things interesting and to exercise your math skills. As long as it's not totally off subject (to my discretion) I will allow these kinds of posts. This goes for all of the TOK forums.
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12-13-2003, 10:55 PM
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Re: Math question
well zeus i didnt know it in the beginning but i solved it by my self on like the first post so i can say.This can be locked
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12-14-2003, 01:30 PM
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Re: Math question
No need to be locked unless this gets out of hand in some way, it'll fade away by itself.
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12-18-2003, 10:23 PM
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Re: Math question
This is derived from one of the most famous riddles ever written
"As I was walking to St. Ives, I met and man with 7 wives, every wife had 7 sacks, every sack hat 7 cats, every cat had 7 kits. Men wives sacks, cats and kits, how many were walking to St. Ives" The answer is 1, me. It never said the man with 7 wives was going to St. Ives
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