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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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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:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    154.5 bears?

    Ok this answer is wrong, I forgot to add Sally and her sisters to the total. My answer down there is correct! (ish)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i'm stumped, my whole family have been trying to solve this for the past half an hour

    but also....how can you have half a bear????
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well I did
    S + (Boyfriend + 32) = 34

    5 sisters + (12mates x 5) = 75 which added to Sally's lot = 109 (oh hang on this is different to what I worked out just now!) erm bear with me (hehe)

    then 109/2 = 54.5

    So 109 bears + 54.5 bears = 163.5 bears

    Ok I change my answer!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i got 148.5
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sally - 1
    sisters - 5 = 6
    boyfriend- 1 = 7
    bf mates - 32 = 39

    sister * 12 - 60 = 99

    WelshyJames wrote:
    when they got there. they met half as many bears again
    This part confuses me. :chin:

    When they all got together, they met half the amount of bears - right? 99 is an odd number and can't be divided by 2 to form a whole number. If you like chopping bears up, then you would get 99 + 49.5 = 148.5 bears :p. Since you can't have half a bear, and you can't round up, the answer should be 148 bears.

    Anybody tell me what I've done wrong?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Six. Sally bear and her 5 sisters.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    i got 148.5

    So did I. :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmm I'm going to try this on my proper calculator, rather than in my head! Because my head only got a C GCSE at maths.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MoonArcanum wrote:
    Six. Sally bear and her 5 sisters.
    OMFG you're right! It doesn't say that the others are bears or not! You genius!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MoonArcanum wrote:
    Six. Sally bear and her 5 sisters.

    Do you really know if her boyfriend is a bear or not?

    EDITED: Mates can be bears too can't they? :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nah, someone already said 6 and it was wrong
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Welsh Jemz wrote:
    nah, someone already said 6 and it was wrong

    They met half the bears again. It should be nine bears.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    [crap at maths]

    Sally + boyfriend and 32 mates = 34
    5 sisters + (12 mates x 5) =60 (not 70!!!)

    60+34 = 94

    94/2 = 47

    94+47 = 141 bears.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i phoned and said 9 and that was also wrong
    as was 1, 2, 130, 148, 149, 148.5 and i shall add more as i remember them
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I would say 129 - perhaps "half as many" refers to half of the sister's friends; thus being 30? 99 + 30 = 129
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Knee High Stripy Socks wrote:
    [crap at maths]

    Sally + boyfriend and 32 mates = 34
    5 sisters + (12 mates x 5) =60 (not 70!!!)

    60+34 = 94

    94/2 = 47

    94+47 = 141 bears.

    but you didn't count the 5 sisters! :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    129 hasn't come up as wrong yet, but we're waiting cos my mum won't let me phone again as it costs too much :crying:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bugger

    I give up. Unless Sally bear is the only bear because she was adopted into a non-bear household?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nah, 1 isn't the answer either. i just wanna know now cos it's bugging me, but it's on quiz tv where the comp just keeps running until someone gets it right :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How head doing :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'd say either 156 bears if the last sentance means "half as many as the number you've already counted" or 134 bears if the last sentance means "half as many as the number of mates".
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmm. Just after answering I saw that you've seen this on one of those quiz channels, in which case the answer could be anything as they randomly determine which factors you have to consider.

    For example in this one you might have to consider not only the bears in the question, but the number of times the word "bear" appears in the question as well.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i'd say 8.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i know :( tis doing me head in
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    two?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    One.

    Only one "bears"
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    Knee High Stripy Socks wrote:
    [crap at maths]

    Sally + boyfriend and 32 mates = 34
    5 sisters + (12 mates x 5) =60 (not 70!!!) 60 mates + 5 sisters = 65

    60+34 = 94

    94/2 = 47

    94+47 = 141 bears.

    You haven't added on the sisters here, you just counted the friends.

    I reckon moonarcanum is right - there is some sort of trick here that we aren't seeing ...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    133.5
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    1 and 2 are wrong she said earlier...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    it says all the bears, therefore it wont be one as its implying there is more than one
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