"How many Beans make Five "?
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Two beans, a bean and a half, half a bean and a bean.heard it as a child, sort of a little rhyme. Probably not what you are looking for but anyway.
An old British expression, used in the context "he knows how many beans make five", meaning "he knows his stuff" or referring to one who's good at mathematical puzzlers. Derives from the days of the abacus, when the wooden beads (beans) were moved along in various increments.
"He's a clever bloke, he knows how many beans make five"
the answer is fifteen
you have to arrange them to make the word five
444
There's a jingle which runs:
half a bean,
a bean,
a bean and a half
and two beans
makes five.
I came across an interesting snippet on the following link:
www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/88q. -
"Q: How many beans make five?
A: If you say that five beans make five, you deny their reality. But nobody would say that six potatoes make five."
Would this have done, I wonder?
Sorry O' Bean wot. Never heard this before but www.goenglish.com may help. Toodlepip. Chocks away.
One makes five if you already have four.
five what? pretty open ended and cryptic that one!!
Someone told me it was 2 in each hand and one up your b-m.
Too bad I wasn't your interviewer..
My Mom is an English teacher. She gets stressed out by the papers she has to correct, so I am always telling her that I will do it for her. Anyone who makes me laugh gets an A and everyone else gets a B. She hasn't actually gone for it yet, but you never know.. Anyway.. I liked your answer.. and I haven't been around a jumping bean for years, but they certainly are fun. :) Why do they jump anyway? I forget..
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