Friday, May 27, 2011

May 2011 Brain Teaser Solution

Q: Six men have 6 bags each. In every bag there are 6 cats, each cat has 6 kittens. How many legs in all?

A: 6060
Each man has 6 bags with 6 cats each -- that's 36 cats.
36 cats x 6 kittens = 216 kittens
Each bag has 252 cats (36 cats and 216 kittens): 252 x 4 legs = 1008 cat legs per bag

6 men each have 1008 cat legs = 6048

Plus the 6 men have 12 legs so the total is 6060.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I thought so. My dad swares that its 6666. I knew that did not seam right. 6060 is what I got too.

Unknown said...

I thought so. My dad swares that its 6666. I knew that did not seam right. 6060 is what I got too.