SUMMARY: Solutions & Solvers, Mar/Apr ’21 BTs

REMINDERS: Answers in red.  Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! 

  1. Consider π, 3.14, and 22/7. Write them in order from smallest to largest, or, if any are equal, mark EQUAL in appropriate spots..3.14, π, 22/7.  Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Jonah Albertson.
  2. Are there any days this year (’21) where the day# times the month# = the year# [21]? Yes.   Jan 21, Mar 7, and July 3. Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Jonah Albertson, Alexis Avis
  3. When if ever, is 1/x  bigger than x? When x is between 0 & 1, or when x is less than -1.  Anita Dixon,  Jonah Albertson, Rita Barger.  Partial Credit:  Amy Ragsdale
  4. When, if ever, is a number less than its square?  When the number is less than 0 or greater than 1.  Anita Dixon, Rita Barger, Jonah Albertson. Partial Credit:  Alexis Avis and Amy Ragsdale
  5. See picture and question -> Accepted 6 or 8, depending on whether submitter thought the holes in front went all the way through (and counted them separately.)   Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  6. A cubic foot of air weighs 0.0765 pounds. What is the weight of the air in a 20 x 30 x 10 foot classroom? 459 lbs. Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  7. Halley’s Comet appeared in 1758, 1834, 1910, and 1986. When will it next appear? 2062.  (Appears every 76 years.) Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  8. If grasshoppers can jump 59 times their length, how far can a 1.5 inch grasshopper jump? 88.5 in. Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  9. This past Saturday was 4/3/21. Let’s call that a ‘countdown day’.  When will the next ‘countdown day’ happen?  May 4, 2032. [5/4/32) (Other clever variations also suggested.)  Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  10. A penny weighs approximately 0.1 ounce. Using that figure, how much would a ton of pennies be worth? $3,200. Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  11. What is the perimeter of a square that has the same area as a 4 cm x 9 cm rectangle? 24 cm. Anita Dixon, Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  12. Solve this equation it only it is an easy one give a try  C. (25) (in this case: in order, from left to right.) Anita Dixon, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis Avis
  13. There are (at least) two 2-digit numbers that are equal to 7 times the sum of their digits. Find at least one of them.. 21, 42, 63, 84. Anita Dixon, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale
  14. Write the numeral for the number eight billion, forty thousand, two 8,000,040,002 Anita Dixon, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Alexis AvisBONUS 1 See # 13 above.  Can you  find more than two such numbers?  See above for others.  Amy Ragsdale, Anita Dixon. 

 BONUS 2  Note that it takes 6 syllables to pronounce Kansas City Royals. but only 5 to pronounce St. Louis Cardinals.  On the other hand pronouncing either New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox only takes 4 syllables.  Lets take Major League Baseball, and add NFL football teams for fun, as well.  What are the extremes on syllables for City and Mascot?  Hurriedly, I can think of one team that takes 7 syllables, and one team that only takes 3.  Can you find them?  Can you find teams with more than 7? Or less than 3? Teams found with 3 syllables:  New York Mets, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Rays(may not be full name?)  Teams with 7 syllables:  Arizona Diamondbacks, Philidelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, Indianapolis Colts.  Teams with 8 syllables:  San Francisco 49ers. Contributers: Amy Ragsdale, Frank Green, Alexis Avis, Steve & Bobbi Kneeshaw.

BONUS 3 Did you see Dean Martin’s Fun Fact involving 80 beers and your birth year?  🙂  Can you explain how it works? [See also note at link for more precise updates.]  Ask for details.  Amy Ragsdale, Anita Dixon.

BONUS 4  See #10.  How much would those pennies weigh?  (Be alert!)  A ton of pennies would weigh             a ton.  🙂 Amy Ragsdale, Anita Dixon.