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Solve this maths puzzle

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    #32
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    105


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    #33
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,490 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    This man is the authority on everything sheep related.
    But can we also have confirmation from Duck Lover?


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    #34
    MadDog76
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    retweet wrote: »
    105 is right. On the third line, you're probably adding the goat as 99kg, it's 100kg.

    Goat? :confused:


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    #35
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    Duck = 1kg
    Cat = 4kg
    Sheep = 100kg


    4kg + 4kg + 4kg = 12kg

    1kg + 4kg = 5kg

    100kg - 1kg = 99kg

    100kg + 4kg + 1kg = 105kg


    I just asked my 9 year old son to have a look at this ......... and he also came up 105kg as the answer.


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    #36
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    It's actually 105.25kg

    That cat in the final line is definitely pregnant (+305 gms) but the sheep had a crap (-55 gms) but the duck is unchanged. So it makes 105.25kg


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    #37
    L'prof
    Registered Users Posts: 12,017 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Sono wrote: »
    Jaysus I thought this might be a teaser on a sat morning, left disappointed!

    I got notepad out and everything only to realise I should have just done it in my head :(

    The best way that I can explain that it's not 104kg is by showing that the Sheep and the Cat are 104kg. We all agree that the duck is 1kg so the 3 combined are 105kg.


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    #38
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Anyone else get 18!? :confused:


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    #39
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    retweet wrote: »
    105 is right. On the third line, you're probably adding the goat as 99kg, it's 100kg.
    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Anyone else get 18!? :confused:

    I think the goat weighs 87kg so you must have taken the goat's weight away from the total weight of the sheep, cat & duck to come up with 18kg?


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    #40
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,414 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Sheep are hideous creatures,even on a plate.
    They survive solely on the tastiness and cuteness of their kids.

    Deduct 45.


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    #41
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    kneemos wrote: »
    Sheep are hideous creatures,even on a plate.
    They survive solely on the tastiness and cuteness of their kids.

    Deduct 45.

    **** you


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    #42
    The_Valeyard
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    Surely the cat would have killed the duck?


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    #43
    Quandary
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    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Surely the cat would have killed the duck?

    We have no way of knowing that. It could be an exceptionally large duck.


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    #44
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,414 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Quandary wrote: »
    We have no way of knowing that. It could be an exceptionally large duck.



    Or a cat cat.


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    #45
    Agricola
    Registered Users Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    It's rare for me to pwn a maths puzzle on the internet. Chuffed.
    Might apply to NASA now.


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    #46
    maudgonner
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    Would you rather fight a sheep-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized sheep?

    (The cat would just be a spectator, silently judging you)


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    #47
    kfallon
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    Did you?

    Yes! :D


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    #48
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Anyone else get 18!? :confused:

    I see you hit the Paddy last night then :pac:


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    #49
    MadDog76
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Sheep are hideous creatures,even on a plate.
    They survive solely on the tastiness and cuteness of their kids.

    Deduct 45.

    Again with the goat!!! :mad:

    Goats have kids .......... sheep have lamb!!!


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    #50
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    kneemos wrote: »
    Sheep are hideous creatures,even on a plate.
    They survive solely on the tastiness and cuteness of their kids.

    Deduct 45.

    Eh baby sheep = lamb. Baby goat = kid.

    Why are goats constantly sneaking their way into this thread?


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    #51
    coffeepls
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    109. Sorted. Those cats just looked the same. Didn't fool me.


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    #52
    coffeepls
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    No wait. That makes the sheep 103. Final answer 117.


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    #53
    enzo roco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭enzo roco


    The Moldy Gowl wrote: »
    Probably better than you.
    Unless you are 12
    The Moldy Gowl wrote: »
    That's pretty easy


    Does putting people down make you feel better about yourself???


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    #54
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    enzo roco wrote: »
    Does putting people down make you feel better about yourself???

    http://i.imgur.com/YNlF7jp.jpg


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    #55
    MacauDragon
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    No.

    The duck gets on the sheep's back, and the sheep brings him across.

    Then the sheep goes back.

    Then the cat gets on the sheep's back and the sheep brings him across.

    THEN the duck *gets back* on the sheeps back and the sheep brings him back across.

    Then the sheep goes back and gets the cat.


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    #56
    gramar
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    MacauDragon wrote: »
    No.

    The duck gets on the sheep's back, and the sheep brings him across.

    Then the sheep goes back.

    Then the cat gets on the sheep's back and the sheep brings him across.

    THEN the duck *gets back* on the sheeps back and the sheep brings him back across.

    Then the sheep goes back and gets the cat.

    Could the duck not just fly across?


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    #57
    pickarooney
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Sheep are hideous creatures,even on a plate.
    They survive solely on the tastiness and cuteness of their kids.

    Deduct 45.

    Lambs, dude


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    #58
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Lambs, dude

    ...acting the goat, he is....


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    #59
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,889 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    So, *logically*...
    Villager: (very slowly, with pauses between each word)
    If...she...weighs the same as a duck......she's made of wood.
    B: and therefore...

    (pause)

    Villager: A Witch!
    All Villagers: A WITCH!


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    #60
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    What the hell is that bird eating to be an entire kg?
    Anyways, the first page of this thread is how I felt for my entire time of leaving cert maths. Me looking out the window while everyone else wanked over 1 number out either side. Could not be dealing. Do we have an answer yet


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    #61
    Sam Kade
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    retweet wrote: »
    105 is right. On the third line, you're probably adding the goat as 99kg, it's 100kg.

    There is no goat.


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