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#2351 2012-12-14 22:01:15
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2352 2012-12-15 19:10:30
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1674 is correct. Neat work!
#1675. Find the sum of all natural numbers less than 200 which are divisible by 5.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2353 2012-12-15 21:17:51
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2354 2012-12-16 19:26:18
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1675 is perfect. Good work!
#1676. Find the sum of all the natural numbers between 200 and 300 which are divisible by 4.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2355 2012-12-16 21:54:01
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2356 2012-12-17 18:29:40
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1676 is perfect. Neat work!
#1677. Find the Arithmetic Progression whose sum to n terms is 2n[sup]2[/sup] + 2. (Find the values of the AP)
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2357 2012-12-17 21:28:37
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2358 2012-12-18 20:07:26
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
#1678. The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there is a value of x such that the sum of the numbers of the houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the numbers of the following it. Find this value of x.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2359 2012-12-18 22:04:48
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2360 2012-12-19 18:46:11
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1678 is correct. Marvelous!
#1679. Find a[sub]30[/sub] - a[sub]20[/sub] for the Arithmetic Progression : a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, ......
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2361 2012-12-19 20:23:43
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2362 2012-12-20 18:47:43
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1679 is correct. Good work!
#1680. Two Arithmetic Progressions have the same common difference. The difference between their 100th term is 111222333. What is the difference between their millionth terms?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2363 2012-12-20 21:12:17
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#2364 2012-12-20 21:35:55
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2365 2012-12-20 23:58:11
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The solution #1680 is correct. Well done!
#1681. Which term of the Arithmetic Progression 21, 18, 15, ..... is 0?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2366 2012-12-21 00:01:05
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2367 2012-12-21 06:38:06
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#2368 2012-12-21 18:52:15
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution #1681 is correct. Neat work!
#1682. Find the 30th term of the Arithmetic Progression 10, 7, 4, ......
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2369 2012-12-21 22:48:22
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2370 2012-12-22 19:21:13
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1682 is correct. Neat work!
#1683. If a = -18, n = 10, a[sub]n[/sub] = 0, find d.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2371 2012-12-22 22:01:50
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2372 2012-12-22 23:16:25
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#2373 2012-12-23 18:51:07
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution #1683 is perfect. Neat job!
#1684. If a = 3.5, d = 0, n = 105, find a[sub]n[/sub].
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#2374 2012-12-23 19:13:29
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#2375 2012-12-24 19:12:03
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1684 is correct. Good work!
#1685. Find the number of odd numbers between 0 and 50.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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