June 24, 2008
A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code.
However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:
* *
*The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.*
*The fourth number is one more than the second number.***
*The first number is one less than twice the second number ***
*The second number plus the third number equals ten.***
*The sum of all five numbers is 30.** *
What were the five numbers and in what order?
Mathematics, Quiz
June 5, 2007
YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read …
Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it’s fun.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 — I’ll wait while you get the calculator
Fun, Mathematics
March 24, 2007
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321
1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111
Mathematics