Mathcop
2003-08-05 16:06:12 |
Another Newbie here!
Hello to everyone. Looks like a truly GREAT site! I found this site today and I fell in love with it immediately
I was a Math Major in College and a High School Math Teacher for 12 years. However, I am ashamed to say that I have been stumped by most of the puzzles I have seen here so far. I think I have been able to solve one of the half dozen or so I have looked at. LOL.
Anyway, I'll keep trying and I'll have some fun and meet some great puzzlers. I'll be happy to help when and where I can and I trust y'all will do the same. Feel free to say hi! |
Mathcop
2003-08-05 16:08:52 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
By the way, I found your site when I was on another site that had a chatterbox. Someone asked where they could get one and another suggested to come to flooble.com. I just dropped by to check it out and have been like a kid in a candy shop ever since! |
Gamer
2003-08-05 16:59:26 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
You can look at some of the other puzzles too... they are pretty cool! :) (Check Favorite puzzles for some reccomendations.) |
dea
2003-08-23 13:49:59 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
hey im new here i have this summer math assignment to do and they are puzzles...if you wanna help here is one.
Didty gold coins are presented to you, but onee of the fifty is a fake. you are given a balacne scale (2 trays that will balance if both contain the same weight) and are told that the fake gold coin weighs more that each of the identical real ones. can you determine the least number of times you must weigh coins to guarantee discovery of the fake coin?? |
dea
2003-08-23 13:50:51 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
thats fifty gold coins sorry i said didty |
dea
2003-08-23 13:52:56 |
heres another puzzlle
a group of students went to dinner together and decided to split the bill evenly but,, before the check arrives, 2 of the studnets left the restaurant. the total bill for all was $63. the mathematcis student discovers that if each of the students remaining pays $2 extra,, the bill will be paid in full. how many students originally sat down to dinner??? |
dea
2003-08-23 13:55:25 |
and another puzzle
a 40 pound stine used for weighing feed on as anitque faemers balance scale broke apart into 4 pieces. (a balance scale consists of 2 trays that will balance if each possesses the same weight.) those 4 pieces can now be used togehter or seperately to weigh any amount in whole pound increments from 1 pound to 40 pounds. what are the weights of those four stone pieces>>????? |
dea
2003-08-23 13:59:35 |
last puzzle
a box contains 3 black and 2 white hats. 3 men standing i a line are facing forward and can see only the person or persons in front of them. each of the 3 men had one of the hats placed on is head but does not see which color. each man can, however see any hats in front of him or another man and each know what was in the box. when the man in rear is asked what color hishat is he replies " i dont know " when the man in the middle is asked he answers " i dont know" when the man in front is asked he responds " mine is black and that is no guess!"" he was right. how did he know?? |
Gamer
2003-08-23 14:32:26 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
You don't need to post it in 5 different spots... We can see in the other post...
And didn't you read the instructions... Don't post problems here! |
Alan
2003-08-24 10:59:43 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
No she wants us to answer them to get her homework done. Well dea I'm not going to do your homeworf for you but if you go to search and type coins then A problem about coins and a scale will come up (like yours) it'll have a different number of coins but once you figure the concept and why the answer is what it is your 50 coin problem should become that much easier. |
FatBoy
2003-08-25 09:17:11 |
Re: Another Newbie here!
And if you search on "hats: you should be able to find help for the last puzzle. |
