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#1001 2011-06-29 17:52:23
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution 1089 is correct. Good work!
#1090. What is the value of
?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.
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#1002 2011-06-29 21:27:36
- 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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#1003 2011-06-30 00:24:33
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1090 is
.#1091. When 0.36 is written in simplest fractional form, what is the sum of the numerator and denominator?
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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#1004 2011-06-30 00:28:55
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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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#1005 2011-06-30 00:54:18
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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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#1006 2011-06-30 17:58:39
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The answer 1091 is perfect. Good work!
#1092. Which of the following is the least fraction?
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#1007 2011-06-30 18:05:52
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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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#1008 2011-06-30 21:29:01
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-06-30 21:30:05)
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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#1009 2011-07-01 00:19:09
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The answer 1092 is correct. Well done!
#1093.
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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#1010 2011-07-01 00:21:51
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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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#1011 2011-07-01 18:32:33
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1093 is correct. Good work!
#1094.
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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#1012 2011-07-01 19:09:15
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh,
I come from a civilization which has given the world the number 0..
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#1013 2011-07-01 19:19:41
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi Howardroark,
The solution 1094 is correct. Well done!
#1095.
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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#1014 2011-07-01 19:52:41
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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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#1015 2011-07-01 23:22:15
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-07-01 23:23:45)
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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#1016 2011-07-01 23:47:56
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution 1095 is correct. Good work!
#1096. The expression
would be a perfect square for what 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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#1017 2011-07-01 23:49:48
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-07-01 23:50:00)
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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#1018 2011-07-01 23:58:00
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy,
The solution 1096 is correct. Good work!
#1097.
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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#1019 2011-07-02 00:03:04
- 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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#1020 2011-07-02 00:07:28
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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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#1021 2011-07-02 18:38:08
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The solutions 1096 and 1097 are correct. Marvelous!
#1098. There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting 36 and 44 students respectively. If the average weight of section A is 40 kg and that of section B is 35 kg, find the average weight of the whole class.
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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#1022 2011-07-02 18:41:21
- 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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#1023 2011-07-03 00:57:42
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1098 is correct. Good work!
#1099. Find the value of x if
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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#1024 2011-07-03 01:00:33
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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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#1025 2011-07-03 16:12:16
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1099 is correct. Good work!
#1100. If a = 0.1039, then what is the value of
.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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