Posts by Larry Campbell

Isn’t Math Wonderful? – September 2024

Beautiful patterns and neat results occur everywhere in mathemtics.  Here’s a combination of both that can also be used as a magic trick, if you’d[…]

Other “Creative Fun” Submissions

Here are other submissions from the “Creative Fun” options in the 9/2/24 Mailing: Write as long a sentence as possible with each word beginning with[…]

Limericks from Subscribers

A recent Pesky Puzzler (24.16) pitched out the creative challenge to write a limerick with a first line of “An apple, two grapes and a[…]

A Cannibal Chief and His Wife

Decades ago, I taught an experimental campus-wide Seminar entitled “Creativity and Problem Solving”.  One of the early assignments was to write a limerick using the[…]

Isn’t Math Wonderful? – July 2024

1 x 1 = 1 11 x 11 = 121 111 x 111 = 12321 1111 x 1111 = 1234321 11111 x 11111 = 123454321[…]

Isn’t Math Wonderful? – May 2024

Caveat Emptor! Here’s a tip that might save you money or at least some misery.  Have you ever noticed that carpet is often priced by[…]

Pesky Puzzlers

NEW!  Pesky Puzzler(s) Challenge for Dec ’24: Find a reasonable explanation for the Bonus Krazy Pic, as mentioned in the Dec 9 Mailing.  Prizes await[…]

Pesky Puzzler 24.7

THE INHERITANCE PROBLEM A man divides his cattle among his four sons so that the oldest son gets 1/2 the herd, the next son 1/4,[…]

Special Math Dates in 2024

(Some) SPECIAL MATH DATES IN 2024 Here are just a few (see #5) of the mathematically special dates in 2024.  Some of passed already, but[…]

PP 24.5 Solution

SOLUTION: 1. Fill the 3-gallon jug and pour it into the 5-gallon jug.  2. Re-fill the 3-gallon jug and pour it into the partially-filled 5-gallon[…]

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