Are you smarter then a 10 year old? [Archive]

MrRalphMan

13-03-08, 21:58

... Looks like I'm not.

Just had the following question and I got it wrong... and I really don't think I did.. (Bad loser coming out).

What do you think the answer should be?

A baby needs feeding for 20 minutes every four hours. If they start a feed at 19:00, what time will they finish the next feed.

I'll put a poll up, but to my shame I got it wrong...

If only there was a conveyor belt involved... :(

RedM

13-03-08, 22:04

Oh crap. Didn't read the question properly.

simbasupra

13-03-08, 22:08

i put 23:20. Am i right?:shrug:

MrRalphMan

13-03-08, 22:09

I'll let a few more post (well I'm going to ask my 11yr in the morning too).. :)

Scotster

13-03-08, 22:09

23.40?

Scott =op

Scotster

13-03-08, 22:10

Oops sorry, just spotted the poll

Scott =op

simbasupra

13-03-08, 22:10

does it not depend on if it is 4 hours from
end of first to start of second or
start of first to start of second?

MrRalphMan

13-03-08, 22:13

I've worded it as it was on the show...

jamesmark

13-03-08, 22:16

does it not depend on if it is 4 hours from
end of first to start of second or
start of first to start of second?

Thats what I thought, both answer can be correct, but if you stick to the 'every four hours' Then I say 23:40

TonyP

13-03-08, 22:17

I'd say 23-40 but it is a bit ambiguous.

13-03-08, 22:18

I went with 23.40 too

simbasupra

13-03-08, 22:21

Thats what I thought, both answer can be correct, but if you stick to the 'every four hours' Then I say 23:40

That's what i thought both answers can be correct it's just how you interpret it.

n boost

13-03-08, 22:22

I say 11.40 as well.

13-03-08, 22:31

I say 11.40 as well.

After 16 hours the little bugger will be starving! :p

jazz1

13-03-08, 22:55

23:40

Havard

13-03-08, 22:58

I've said 23.40 although a bit more info would have been helpful.....;)

Pig

13-03-08, 23:00

Oops, read the question wrong. thought it said what time will they start there next feed

danhicks22

13-03-08, 23:05

I read it as needing feeding every four hours, for twenty minutes - 23:20.

Big Ben plays the Westminster chimes every hour, starting just before the hour changes; they don't start an hour after the previous lot finished. The interval is regular, regardless of the duration.

At least, that's my argument for when I'm wrong :)

Ewen

13-03-08, 23:08

Feed every four hours...
Current feed begins at 19.00, then feed four hours later, 23.00.
Feeding takes twenty minutes, so next feed ends 23.20.

AndrewOW

13-03-08, 23:15

23.40 for me too :innocent:

Pig

13-03-08, 23:24

Feed every four hours...
Current feed begins at 19.00, then feed four hours later, 23.00.
Feeding takes twenty minutes, so next feed ends 23.20.

Ahhhhh, so i was right. Very good. Im glad i read the question wrong.

Mrs H

13-03-08, 23:35

Not feeding on demand then:D I would have loved a baby that actually did four full hours between feeds!

I voted for 23:20:D

Vicki x

SupraD06

14-03-08, 00:44

answer is 23:40, the first feed started at 19:00 but went on until 19:20 so the four hours starts at 19:20 which is 23:20 then feed again for 20 minutes so thats 23:40 :p

Ewen

14-03-08, 00:58

answer is 23:40, the first feed started at 19:00 but went on until 19:20 so the four hours starts at 19:20 which is 23:20 then feed again for 20 minutes so thats 23:40 :p
That would mean the baby is fed every four hours and twenty minutes, not every four hours. Irrational...does not compute...brain hurts....plane takes off. Possibly.

Ewen

14-03-08, 01:01

Can we have the answer now please ?
If this is a question a ten year old can answer, logically and with clear thought, Im a sheep shagger.

SupraD06

14-03-08, 01:07

That would mean the baby is fed every four hours and twenty minutes, not every four hours. Irrational...does not compute...brain hurts....plane takes off. Possibly.

NO i would be every four hours it finished eating at 19:20 then four hours later it ate again which is 23:20 but the question asks what time did it FINISH eating and that would be another 20 minutes later:p

Scotster

14-03-08, 02:35

NO i would be every four hours it finished eating at 19:20 then four hours later it ate again which is 23:20 but the question asks what time did it FINISH eating and that would be another 20 minutes later:p

Spot on, well.. i'm not saying the answer is right.... but thats my thinking behind it.

Scott =op

MrRalphMan

14-03-08, 07:09

Well looks like the majority got it right, unlike me...

I went for 23:20 and it was wrong. The Mrs and I then had a little argument about it as she said it was 23:40.

Drat.

Havard

14-03-08, 08:30

Well looks like the majority got it right, unlike me...

I went for 23:20 and it was wrong. The Mrs and I then had a little argument about it as she said it was 23:40.

Drat.

I think the main point of this question is that it is indeed bollox!!;)

MrRalphMan

14-03-08, 08:35

Much like the show that I saw last night. :)

Ewen

14-03-08, 09:40

Well looks like the majority got it right, unlike me...
I went for 23:20 and it was wrong.
No, thats right:)

MrRalphMan

14-03-08, 09:43

Nope, I saw it on TV so it must be true. :blink:

marc_p

14-03-08, 10:21

I said 23:40

danhicks22

14-03-08, 10:22

And now it's on the Internet, so there's no denying it

keancy

14-03-08, 10:43

Had to be 23.40. First feed finishes 19.20 add 4 hours then another 20 minutes for the next feed. 23.40, and I didn't have to ask my 14 year old for this answer. ;)