Math Is Fun Forum
You are not logged in.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#826 2011-05-21 17:22:06
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1015 is perfect. Neat job!
#1016. Two numbers are in the ratio 15:11. If their Greatest Common Divisor is 13, find the numbers.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#827 2011-05-21 17:53:20
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#828 2011-05-21 23:37:18
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1016 is perfect. Well done!
#1017. The Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is 11 and their Least Common Multiple is 693. If one of the numbers is 77, find the other.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#829 2011-05-21 23:55:26
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#830 2011-05-22 16:56:26
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1017 is correct. Well done!
#1018. Find the average of the first 40 natural numbers.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#831 2011-05-22 23:01:01
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#832 2011-05-23 16:39:33
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1018 is correct. Well done!
#1019.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#833 2011-05-23 19:40:13
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#834 2011-05-24 17:34:43
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1019 is perfect. Neat job!
#1020.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#835 2011-05-24 18:04:13
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#836 2011-05-25 17:50:44
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1020 is perfect. Neat job!
#1021.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#837 2011-05-25 19:22:18
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#838 2011-05-25 21:10:59
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1021 correct. Well done!
#1022.
is what part of ?It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#839 2011-05-25 21:48:22
- anonimnystefy
- Real Member
- From: Harlan's World
- Registered: 2011-05-23
- Posts: 16,049
Re: Oral puzzles
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-05-25 21:48:41)
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
Offline
#840 2011-05-25 21:56:56
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy,
The solution 1022 is correct. Good work!
#1023.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#841 2011-05-25 22:08:49
- anonimnystefy
- Real Member
- From: Harlan's World
- Registered: 2011-05-23
- Posts: 16,049
Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-05-25 22:09:10)
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
Offline
#842 2011-05-25 22:26:26
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy,
The solution 1023 is correct. Well done!
#1024. If
, find the value of .It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#843 2011-05-25 22:29:55
- anonimnystefy
- Real Member
- From: Harlan's World
- Registered: 2011-05-23
- Posts: 16,049
Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
Offline
#844 2011-05-25 23:54:20
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy,
The solution 1024 is correct. Excellent!
#1025.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#845 2011-05-25 23:56:48
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#846 2011-05-26 00:32:12
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution to 1025 is 0.46.
#1026. Find the value of
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#847 2011-05-26 00:34:04
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#848 2011-05-26 17:01:40
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1026 is correct. Good work!
#1027. Find the value of a if
.Time limit : 5 minutes
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline
#849 2011-05-27 00:09:20
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Offline
#850 2011-05-27 18:12:54
- Jai Ganesh
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-06-28
- Posts: 46,341
Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution 1027 is correct. Brilliant!
#1028.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
Offline