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This month I am going to present you with a fun little brain teaser. An old friend sent this along to me in an email message last month. I had to spend some time with it, but was able to come up with the correct answer. It is not a trick question, but you have to give it some thought.

If you think you have the right answer and want to check it, send your answer to me by email (click the mailbox at the bottom of this page) with the words "Brain Teaser" in the subject line and I will let you know if it is correct or not. I also plan to post the correct answer further down on this web page on May 21, 2008, so that is another way you can check if you like. Here it is:

Subject: 5th Grade Math Test

This is a 5th grade math problem. This is not a trick question. This is a real math problem, so don't say that a bus has no legs.

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There are 7 girls in a bus.

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?

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