Since This Group Seems to Like Math Problems...

[stovebolts]

The question is: how old is the bus driver? (No looking back!)

You got me! Not really a "math" question though lol!

 

[KevinK]

You got me! Not really a "math" question though lol!

At the very extreme it is a math problem...let me explain why. How does one arrive at their age? Simple: you take the current year, and subtract the year you were born (correcting for exact month, of course). As simple as it is, subtraction is a mathematical operation. So what if you say you just memorized your age? But your age changes, every year I believe. So you must add 1 to your previous age. Addition...another math exercise. It doesn't get much simpler than adding 1 to another number, but technically it is still math.

 

[KevinK]

I should also mention that the original version of this word problem- which I read in a book, with instructions not to turn back to the previous page- asked what color the bus driver's eyes were. I switched it to asking the driver's age, so it could be technically categorized as a math problem. Also, I could trick people into telling me how old they were.

So there.

 

[GodsGrace]

OK that's fair enough Kevin, and i ask kindly that you accept my honest mistake, and my appologies for the mess up.

At least I'm honest, I could have said nothing and got rewarded.

Hey Kiwidan,
Don't worry.
If I win, I'll share the million with ya.
Just for being so honest...

Wondering

 

[GodsGrace]

Oh my gosh.

I JUST GOT IT!!

Not as quick as Deborah13 or Steve Bolts or Pizza.

I AM the bus driver!
ah dur....

As to my age, Yeah, I'm 39.

LOL.

Wondering

 

[KevinK]

Welcome to the club, Wondering! Don't worry, some are still figuring it out.

 

[Pizza]

I should also mention that the original version of this word problem- which I read in a book, with instructions not to turn back to the previous page- asked what color the bus driver's eyes were. I switched it to asking the driver's age.....

So you admit it is not a math problem and I am right.

 

[KevinK]

So you admit it is not a math problem and I am right.

No, I said the original version was not a math problem and so I turned it into one. You just clipped the remainder of my post to make me look wrong. Then you put words in my mouth. Is this how you want to win? Is it really winning at all?

Pizza, including the other thread you're batting .500, not the worst score considering. Let's be happy with things as they are, shall we?

And for your enjoyment, here's a guy who would have loved a tie...