Category: Various Answers

SUMMARY – May/June BTs

May/June ’18 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, feel free to ask! 1. A given cube has the length of each side doubled to form a new cube. How does the volume of the new cube relate to the old one? The volume of…
Summary: Jan/Feb 18 – Brain Teasers

Jan/Feb ’18 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, feel free to ask! 1. Answer either or both: If you could spend $1 a minute, how long would it take you to spend $1,000,000? 1 year, 329 days 10 hours and 40…
Mar/Apr17 BTs-Solutions, Solvers, etc.

Mar/Apr17 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, feel free to ask! Harvey owes Sam $27. Sam owes Fred $6 and Albert $15.30. If, with Sam’s permission, Harvey pays off Sam’s , debt to Albert, how much does he still owe…
Jan/Feb17 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY of Results

Jan/Feb17 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY CALENDAR WINNERS: Six different submitters earned a total of 106 entries by submitting answers to the Brain Teasers. Winners of the drawing were Jennifer Steele (Desk or Wall Calendar) and Jim Waterman (Desk Calendar) SOLUTIONS: See below. REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further…
Brain Teaser Solutions 2

Brain Teasers Posted Fall ’16 (For a look at all previous BTs and Solutions/Submitters, see BT1). REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, feel free to ask! 1. A young tot answered the phone and asked who was calling. “I married your mother, but I am…
Nov ’15 BTs – Campbell’s Bonus Solution

Further disclaimer: This is my solution. There’s always the chance I could be missing something. If so, I’d love to hear from you!! 🙂 Note first that a 0.5″ diameter gumball would ‘fit’ in a tiny CUBE that is 0.5″ x 0.5 “x 0.5”. So if we tackle the problem with cubes of that size, it’ll not only…
Flexibility of Thinking – “Answers”

I’m reluctant to call these “Answers” – if you came up with one you like better, fine!! These simply represent the ‘best’ ones I’ve heard so far. (If you got others, I’d like to hear them!). I’ve given enough of each ‘answer’ to hopefully fill in the rest, but feel free to ask questions.
Pi Trivia Quiz – Answers

Click on this link to see the Pi Trivia Quiz Answers: PiTriviaQuiz.Answers.Update (Note: Depending on how you view this PPT, you may not be able to see the answer to #2. It’s B. :-))
Solutions from Alexis Avis’ Classes 🙂

Subscriber Alexis Avis teaches Gifted/Talented classes in Caruthersville schools in Southeast Missouri. She has had her students solving Brain Teasers here – and even entering some of our contests!! She’s a WONDERFUL person, and she and her husband Mike probably know more about corn ‘nubbins’ than anyone on earth! 🙂 Here are Alexis’ notes on her classes’…
Mathematics and . . . POETRY?!

Here is a list of 17 quotes from historical figures. In each, the key word (some variation of math/poetry or mathematician/poet) has been left out. Can you guess which art form is being described in each case? Answers & Authors Below: (M = Math-related, P = Poetry-related) 1. ___P___ is the art of uniting pleasure with…