NOTE: Newest BTs in red, Bonuses in blue, comments in green, updates in purple.
- Why are some folks already looking forward to Jan 1, ’23 at 5:08:13?
- What is an interesting feature of the three words job, polish, and herb? (Yes, probably lots of ‘correct’ answers.)
- Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed.
- You close your book, forgetting to put in a bookmark, but you remember (who knows why?) that the product of the pages is 16002. What were the page numbers?
- A square plot of 160 acres is surrounded by a fence of total length 2 miles. How large a square plot will a fence of four miles surround?
- In what order are the following digits? 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 1, 9, 4, 5,
- Al, Joe, Carl, and Dave were standing in line. Dave was not first, Joe was between Al and Carl. Al was between Dave and Joe. In what order were they standing?
- This BT is stated as a question, so let’s go with it. If you think the answer is YES, solve it. If you think it is NO, tell why.
- 1 + 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 + 1 = ________
- 10.You have $6.60 in dimes and quarters (only). If there are 36 coins how many quarters to you have?
- What is exactly (in fraction form) the sum of ½ and ¼ ?
- Your “I Love Math” club contains 6 men and 4 women. How many different committees of 2 men and 3 women are possible?
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How many squares (of any size) are in the drawing below?
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X is Y’s brother, but Y is not X’s brother. Who is Y?
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How many cards must you draw from a standard 52-card deck to be sure that at least two are from the same suit?
BONUS 1: See #13 above. How many rectangles are in the picture. (I don’t know this answer! It just came up in the Fun With Math Class. I’d LOVE to hear your conjectures.[I’ve heard one already.])
BONUS 2: See #15 above. How many would you have to draw to make sure you had at least 2 hearts?
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