Question

How Many Cats?
Some of Gayatri's cats were playing in a box. When she tried to
count, all she could see were legs. She counted 28 legs. How
many cats are there in the box?​

Answer 1

Answer:

seven (7) cats are there in the box

Answer 2

Answer:

There are 7 cats playing in the box.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Only cats' legs are visible.

Number of legs visible are 28

To find:

Number of cats in the box

Solution:

As we know there are 28 cats' legs are seen by Gayatri inside the box.

And also we know that a cat has four legs.

So Number of cats can be found as below :

Number of cats = Total number of legs seen inside the box by Gayatri /

                              Number of legs possessed by a cat

Number of cats = 28 / 4

∴Number of cats =7

∴There are 7 cats playing inside the box