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Counting Sand (Posted on 2005-04-07)

Count Sandini calls himself the greatest "Sand Counter" in the world. Show him a bucket filled of sand, and in a few seconds he will tell you how many grains of sand are there!

Can you devise a (fairly quick) test to prove whether he can actually do so, or if he's a fraud?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

Rating: 3.3333 (3 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-07-15 02:21:39
Some sand counting ability?	Gamer	2011-08-09 02:59:05
A variation	Old Original Oskar!	2005-04-12 23:27:08
my procedure...	pcbouhid	2005-04-08 19:10:47
Another similar method	Tristan	2005-04-07 22:40:25
quick prime valutation	armando	2005-04-07 19:35:13
re: One way	Old Original Oskar!	2005-04-07 16:04:29
Solution?	Erik O.	2005-04-07 15:47:59
One way	Mark	2005-04-07 15:46:48

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