How mant peas make five?

Question

The answer is seven.

But how?

Answer 1

a pea, a pea, a pea and a half, half a pea and a pea.

But I do know how many beans make five?

After much debate on the fundamental philosophical question of the twentieth century: 'How many beans make five?' I decided that there was only one way to get a definitive answer: ASK THE BEANS THEMSELVES.

Accordingly, I took a can of Heinz Baked Beans, noting the legend '57 varieties' on it. Could 57 be the answer to this Ultimate Question, I wondered. My basic problem was to educate the beans so that they could pass the Turing test. This seemed at first sight to be a tricky project, but then I remembered one sinister fact.

The Computing Service were forbidding food and drink near its Phoenix terminals. Could this be because they feared that such comestibles would evolve into sentient lifeforms as a result of exposure to radiation from the Newburys?

Admittedly, this had not happened to C.S.T. students, but nonetheless I gave it a try. At dead of night I went into the User Area, tipped the baked beans over a BBC Master, and waited for signs of consciousness.

A message appeared on the screen.

'Hi there! I appear to have developed consciousness.'

'Greetings, er, bean-culture,' I typed. 'What is 3141592 plus 27181828?'

'Oh no, this sounds like the Turing test. I thought such ideas went out with David Wheeler. Modern A.I. has gone beyond that you know.'

'I don't suppose you're going to write me a sonnet on the subject of the Forth Bridge, either, are you?'

'No. FORTH is out as well these days. I can do you an obscene limerick in ML, if you like.'

'Thanks, but all I really wanted to know was how many beans make five.'

'Oh that's an easy one. Take the smallest integer n>2 such that x^n+y^n=z^n has a solution, subtract the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin, and add 57. Look, let's play five-dimensional Ludo instead.'

At that point the Securicor man came up, and, disregarding my claims that it was a research project, ate the beans. I do not feel inclined to repeat the experiment.

Answer 2

bcoz u say so
hehehe
it can be so as
1. 5peas 4 making a 5
2. remaining 2 4 giving shape to the number(ie reverse c)

Answer 3

the parent peas = 2; then there are the 5 children generated through immaculate peaception. all told 7, but only through using semiotic and arcane gematria, and platonic algorithms

Answer 4

get the peas an shape them into a number five xxxxxx

Answer 5

Two peas, one pea, a pea and a half and half a pea.

Can't make it into seven, though!

Answer 6

Why bother asking when you know the answer,got to admit clever.

Answer 7

Gone for a pee...................I can't take it any more!

Answer 8

does it?