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Quickie Math Quiz

3 years ago

You entered a room of 34 people. A shooter then enters killing 30. How many people are left in the room?

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Annie Deighnaugh

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

36 with 30 dead, 6 alive.

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jim_1 (Zone 5B)
3 years ago
36, the killer and all the people who he killed, plus the survivors.
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bpath
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
30. everyone else scrams.
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
3 years ago
31 - 30 dead people and the shooter
Judy Good
3 years ago
I agree the answer is 36. I do not think they left the room after being killed.LOL
bpath
3 years ago
But Judy, everyone else left! So 30.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
3 years ago
Where does it say that everyone else left? Where does it say that anyone left? The answer is 36 - the 34 already in the room, the gunman and you.
Mrs. S
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
How many "people" are left. I don't think dead folks are "people" . They're not commonly included in population counts. I think they've entered the realm of ancestors, so, 6 people left.

Edited: I guess when people die, we may call them deceased people. So maybe they are people. Hmmm.
lucillle
3 years ago
36
stacey_mb
3 years ago
6 people.
chloebud
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
I agree with Mrs. S...6 people. IDK...it depends on your point of view. I'm thinking live people...not deceased or bodies.

ETA - Agree no one left the room.
Jasdip
Original Author
3 years ago
The answer is 36
jemdandy
3 years ago
I count 36. There were 34 people in the room; The shooter and you enter. That's 2 more people making 36. No one left the room.

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