Showing posts with label Riddle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riddle. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 February 2012

Magic Numbers



Dividing 1 by (N x 9)^2 yields consecutive N digit combinations except (Nx9)8

When N=1, dividing 1 by 9^2 yields consecutive 1 digit combination except 8
1 / 9^2 = 1/81 = 0.0123456790123456790.........

When N=2, dividing 1 by 99^2 yields consecutive 2 digit combination except 98

1 / 99^2 = 1/9801 =  0.00 01 02 03 04 05 06..........90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99)

When N=3, dividing 1 by 999^2 yields consecutive 3 digit combination except 998
1 / 999^2 = 1/998001 = 0.000 001 002 003 004 005 006..............994 995 996 997 998 999)

Friday, 15 July 2011

Apple, Peach, and Lorry

A random joke told by Jin Ho to Gae In as part of his "love" lecture in Personal Taste (개인의 취향). Lame yet hilarious.

A lorry loaded with apple and peach makes an emergency brake to avoid hitting a dog on the road. Guess what is dropping as a result?

Answer: "SPEED" Highlight space within " " for the answer.

Monday, 9 May 2011

Mathematics Dilemma

Today Chinese Press brings in a topic on a mathematics problem which is supposed to be easy at elementary level. Two experts were interviewed to provide solution to this problem yet they proposed two different answers. I solved the problem too yet I don't know which one is correct. Perhaps both are correct theoretically; just that the problem lacks in real life interpretation. Should we know the actual real life problem of which the mathematical expression is representing, the rule of multiplication, division and addition within this problem shall be obvious.

Here's the problem:
6/2(2+1) = 1 or 9?

Solutions:

6/2(2+1) = 6/2(3) = 6/6 = 1
               = 6/(4+2) = 6/6 = 1
               = 3/(2+1) = 3/3 = 1


6/2(2+1) = 3(2+1) = 3(3) = 9
               = 6/2(3) = 18/2 = 9 

Which one is correct?

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