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Former Member · December 2005

Carriage Return wrote:

Yes, you are certainly mistaken in that thought:p

surely 6 + (half as many again) is

6 plus (half of 6) ?

not 6 + (half of 6) + 6

otherwise they would have writen "one and a half times as many again"

I really dont understand your logic

Former Member · December 2005

arghh, after all that i missed the end where they would've shown the answer

i'll just have to suffer

the prize would've been 650 quid when i last looked, plus the chance to get the jackpot of 3000 odd, which i would of course have shared with all you lovely people :flirt:

Former Member · December 2005

Replicant wrote:

surely 6 + (half as many again) is

6 plus (half of 6) ?

no, that is 6 + half as many

not 6 + (half of 6) + 6

otherwise they would have writen "one and a half times as many again"

no, one and a half times as many again would be 15,

I really dont understand your logic

not logic, linguistics. the "again" means "an increase of"

some examples:

hong kong elections wrote:

A record number of just on 1.5 million voters - half as many again as in the 1995 election - went to the polls.

Green Party - real progress wrote:

This year we are standing 985 candidates for District, Borough and Metropolitan
Borough Councils, half as many again as in the last directly comparable set

telegraph wrote:

The Prime Minister said that half as many again first-time offenders were being jailed than before Labour came to power

boeing seating capacity wrote:

the standard version (727-100) and a stretched version (727-200) which carried
almost half as many again passengers as the -100

Former Member · December 2005

madness, i'll take your word for it

edit: actually, now thinking about it, you didnt check your figures before you put those qoutes in did you ?

so I shall endevour to counter-qoute you

Within the next 40 years our over-crowded world is due to take on another three billion people, half as many again as today

(click)

the worlds population today is about 6 billion, half as many again is plus another 3 billion.

on your qoute about the boeings:
727-100 has seating for 131 (click )
727-200 has seating for 189 (click )

if the 727-200 had half as many again seats as the 727-100 (as you describe it), it should have 131+131+131/2 right? that'd be 327 ish.

infact 189 is almost 1.5 times 131...(as it states in the qoute you gave!)

half as much again, means 1.5 times the number previously mentioned, not 2.5 like you're trying to tell me

Replicant "surely 6 + (half as many again) is 6 plus (half of 6) ?"

no, that is 6 + half as many

Replicant "not 6 + (half of 6) + 6, otherwise they would have writen "one and a half times as many again" "

no, one and a half times as many again would be 15

I said it was 15!

EDIT:

(if A gives B x balls, then A gives B half as many again, then A has x+x/2 balls)

right? :nervous: I give up, I've had no sleep :shocking:

Former Member · December 2005

none because its a surname not an animal??

Former Member · December 2005

As someone already stated if this is off one of them quiz channels then the answer could be anything. This answer is NEVER a simple question of maths. It's all about interpertation of the question and ONLY the quiz show knows how to interpert it. There was a show on the TV (might have been Watchdog or something) that showed this scam.

I'd stay away. Well away. If I remember, it costs a quid to call up AND no guarantee of getting through to the studio. No wonder they can give a top prize of £1000. Wooooo!!

Former Member · December 2005

so uh, what was the answer?

Former Member · December 2005

noog wrote:

so uh, what was the answer?

We will never know, because whoever was watching it missed the answer.

Even if the quiz show repeats the question it would have a different answer because they change the rules and method for each question.

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