a brainteaser

benji · April 11, 2005, 03:42:02 AM

Miss Bradley said, "Class, let's put our thinking caps on. louise has a trick she wants to share."

Here's the trick louise shared with her class:

"Six books are stacked side by side. Each book is 2 inches thick, and has 200 pages." louise explained. "There's a bookworm that is going to chew thru the books from page 1 of book 1 to page 200 of book 6."

"Not counting the covers, how many pages did the bookworm chew thru? How many inches did he go?" louise asked.

"That wasn't hard!" said Jimmy. "He's eaten thru 12 inches and 1,200 pages!"

"Jimmy, you are wrong. Don't be so quick! Better think again!" louise replied.

Can you figure this out?

just-a-cheater · April 11, 2005, 05:02:50 AM

none?

KerSplat · April 11, 2005, 07:03:06 AM

12 inches and 600 pages?

Bashfulazzbaby · April 11, 2005, 07:08:19 AM

1200 pages but how thick are the books not counting the covers????

sagenkenzismom · April 11, 2005, 07:13:41 AM

i dont have the brain power to count but each sheet of paper has 2 page numbers on it, how many inches?????

Bashfulazzbaby · April 11, 2005, 07:22:59 AM

So that will make it what 600 pages? Still need to know the inches of the book without the cover!!! :o

touitsjesse · April 11, 2005, 07:24:23 AM

its impossible to say how many inches cause the covers can be of many thincknesses and the worm only chewed through 600 pages.

abc123abc · April 11, 2005, 07:40:24 AM

400 pages and 8 inches?

SUEOAKLEY · April 11, 2005, 08:02:02 AM

4" 400 PAGES

WhitePanther · April 11, 2005, 08:13:15 AM

lets try 2 pages #1 book 1 and #200 book 6 now just give us the answer lol

Stinky · April 11, 2005, 10:25:50 PM

If I read this right...It says the bookworm is GOING to chew through the books..Soooo that means that the bookworm has not eaten anything yet. Am I right??? :-X

cheruboptics · April 11, 2005, 10:42:35 PM

he will chew through 600 pages granting that there are no table of contents or indexes etc and granting that they are not single sided pages.
as far as how many inches it chews through.....how thick are the covers?
say each cover is 1/8 inch thick......1/8 x 2 = 1/4 then 12 - 1/4 == 11 3/4 inches
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SUEOAKLEY · April 12, 2005, 09:19:55 AM

ANSWER PLEASE - I am dying here

benji · April 15, 2005, 12:49:47 PM

sorry for the answer delay i forgot about this :(
wtg barbara u got it right 8 inches 800 pages

goatblls2006 · April 16, 2005, 12:38:33 AM

I woulda said 0 pages cause he couldn't chew through the cover to get to any of the pages!

benji · April 16, 2005, 04:34:35 AM

the correct answer is 8 inches and 800 pages. Books on a shelf...page 1 of book 1 is on the RIGHT side of the book. Page 200 of book 6 is on the LEFT side. Therefore, he will not eat ANY of book 1 OR book 6. That just leaves 2, 3, 4 and 5. They each are 2 inches (8 inches total) and have 200 pages (800 pages total).

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