Imagine you are standing inside a grand palace where 5 guards are on duty. Each guard is responsible for watching 5 large rooms. In every single one of these rooms, there are 5 adult tigers, and each adult tiger has 5 cubs.
Can you figure out how many legs are inside the palace?
Check if you were right - full answer with solution below.
Explanation :
Step 1: Calculate the Total Number of Tigers
First, we need to figure out exactly how many tigers are in the palace.
Total number of rooms: There are 5 guards, and each is in charge of 5 rooms.
5 guards × 5 rooms = 25 total rooms
Total number of adult tigers: Each of the 25 rooms has 5 adult tigers.
25 rooms × 5 adult tigers = 125 adult tigers
Total number of tiger cubs: Each of the 125 adult tigers has 5 cubs.
125 adult tigers × 5 cubs = 625 tiger cubs
Add them all up:
125 adult tigers + 625 cubs = 750 total tigers
Now that we know the total number of tigers, we can find the number of tiger legs. Since each tiger has 4 legs:
750 tigers × 4 legs = 3000 tiger legs
Step 2: Calculate the Total Number of Humans
The Guards: There are 5 guards, and each has 2 legs.
5 guards × 2 legs = 10 guard legs
You: The puzzle states you are in the palace, so you have to count your own 2 legs.
2 of your legs
Add the human legs together :
10 guard legs + 2 of your legs = 12 human legs
Step 3: Find the Grand Total
Finally, we just add the tiger legs and the human legs together to get the final answer.
3000 tiger legs + 12 human legs = 3012 total legs.
So, the total number of legs in the palace is 3,012.