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30 November
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This problem set has unrelated parts.
Show your work.
- "Our math teacher has more than a million good ideas," says Alli.
"He does not," says Emily, "he has fewer good ideas."
"He has at least one good idea," says Brigid.
If only one of the 3 statements is true, how many good ideas does our math
teacher have?
- Two women mathematicians are sitting at a roadside cafe, talking about
family.
One mentions that she has 3 daughters the product of whose ages equals 36.
Remarkably, she mentions, the sum of their ages equals the number on the house
across the street.
The other replies that this is not enough information to find the ages of the 3
daughters.
True, says the one, but note that my oldest daughter has beautiful eyes.
Ah, says the other, but then I know your daughter's ages.
What are the ages of the 3 daughters?
- Click on this link to see this puzzle.
- On an island in the Pacific there live 850 women.
Four percent of them wear one earring.
Of the remaining 96 percent half wear no earrings and the other half wears two
earrings.
How many earrings do the women together wear?
- Hunter Jack wants to shoot a bear.
He leaves his camp, and walks 10 miles south where he perceives bear tracks.
Jack follows the bear tracks for 10 miles east, where he sees the bear and
takes a shot at it.
He misses.
Then Jack walks 10 miles north and is back at camp.
What is the color of the bear?
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