perplexus.info :: General : 100 marbles

100 marbles (Posted on 2003-04-29)

You have one hundred marbles, and an infinite supply of trash bags. If you were to put the marbles in the bags, so that no two bags had the same amount of marbles, what is the most bags that you could use?

See The Solution Submitted by Jonathan Waltz

Rating: 3.5833 (12 votes)

Comments: ( Back to comment list | You must be logged in to post comments.)

solution

| Comment 5 of 17 |

14 bags
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,22marbles
or 13 is right if you cant have an empty one.

Posted by christine on 2003-04-29 12:36:49

Please log in:

Login:
Password:
Remember me:

Sign up! \| Forgot password

Search:

Search body:

Forums (0)
Newest Problems
Random Problem
FAQ | About This Site
Site Statistics
New Comments (3)
Unsolved Problems
Top Rated Problems
This month's top
Most Commented On

Chatterbox:


perplexus dot info