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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Welsh Jemz wrote:
    Sally bear and her 5 sisters are having a picnic. Sally brought her boyfriend and he brought 32 mates. Sally's sisters brought 12 mates each and when they got there. they met half as many bears again. Big picnic.

    Count all the bears

    Someone please solve this for me :crying:


    148.5, although

    as kermit points out, one "bears" :P :

    Sally bear and her 5 sisters are having a picnic. Sally brought her boyfriend and he brought 32 mates. Sally's sisters brought 12 mates each and when they got there. they met half as many bears again. Big picnic.
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    Hellfire wrote:
    it says all the bears, therefore it wont be one as its implying there is more than one

    We have already been told that it is not 1 anyway
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    oops i mean 143.5
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Welsh Jemz wrote:
    Sally bear and her 5 sisters are having a picnic. Sally brought her boyfriend and he brought 32 mates. Sally's sisters brought 12 mates each and when they got there. they met half as many bears again. Big picnic.

    Count all the bears

    Someone please solve this for me :crying:

    1+5+1=7
    +32=
    39
    +
    5*12=60
    =
    99
    (92/2=46)
    therefore
    99+46=145.

    145 the right answer?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    if its half as many bears wouldn't you round down from 99 not up?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Welsh Jemz wrote:
    Sally bear and her 5 sisters are having a picnic. Sally brought her boyfriend and he brought 32 mates. Sally's sisters brought 12 mates each and when they got there. they met half as many bears again. Big picnic.

    Count all the bears

    Sally Bear is her name, so only her and her sisters (assuming they are not married) will have the last name Bear.

    so them, plus half again

    6+3=9

    :p

    (although... that may be cheating :lol: )
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Crucially, its also wrong.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kermit wrote:
    (92/2=46)
    therefore
    99+46=145.

    145 the right answer?

    Touché!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm gonna guess the 'they met' refers to the sisters and say 129
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    oops, didn't realise someone already said that
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Edit - says count all the bears

    1.5 ? sally bear, plus a half of her, never says the others are bears?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    141

    Sally +bf =2 +32(mates) =34
    5 sisters 12 friends each (5 x 12) =60
    60 +34 =94
    94/2 = 47

    94 +47 = 141
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    u didnt count the sisters
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    doh then its 99/2= 49.5 i get 148.5 then stuip half a bear.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jim V wrote:
    129

    yeh...
    Welsh Jemz wrote:
    ......Sally's sisters brought 12 mates each and when they got there, they (refering to the people Sally's sisters met just now, ie 5*12) met half as many bears again.

    1 + 5 + 1 + 32 + (5*12) + (5*12)/2 = 129
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    thats what i got
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    147? my head is battered with this lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lol, one quick question eh?

    :p whats the prize anyway? Those quiz channel things really bug me.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jim V wrote:
    oops, didn't realise someone already said that

    That's alright buddy, great minds think alike! Plus I owe you for the name change many moons ago :yippe:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sally+sisters = 6 "Bears"
    Half as many again = 6+3
    total=15
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    6+3 =9

    where are you getting 15 from?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    9+6
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sally plus sisters = 6

    then they meet half as many bears again = 3

    so together they total 9?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sally plus sisters = 6

    then they meet half as many bears again = 3

    so together they total 9?


    correct

    it's counting them twice that yields 6+3+6 = 15 :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why do you count them twice? [/shit at maths]
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why do you count them twice? [/shit at maths]

    you dont :) I think they were counted twice by mistake!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i got 152...probably wrong....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why do you count them twice? [/shit at maths]
    3 is half as many as 6
    9 is half as many again as 6

    so my answer stands at 15
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you say so! Heh, I was never any good at maths! :blush:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Replicant wrote:
    you dont :) I think they were counted twice by mistake!
    Yes, you are certainly mistaken in that thought:p
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