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contest problem-o-the-day: what one yes/no question can you ask to determine whether someone is a faithful truth-teller or a perennial liar? |
problem 18 winners: @Fouss @aschmitz @miche @johnfbraun @bonster713 @cnansen (1 pt), @fulkb (0.5 pt but 66 eggs makes sense). new prob soon |
yesterday's daily answer (click my name for problem):
x + 6 = 2(x - 36); x = 78 eggs. i'll have mine with melted cheese, avocado and salsa! |
hey, i have exactly 100 twooshes (full 140-char tweets) out of exactly 500 tweets! there are nice stats and graphs at http://tweetstats.com/ |
two big math tests went well today-- for me, of course; i just sat there and watched iPhone. for my students it was a different story i bet. |
dailyprob 18: if i had 6 more eggs i'd have twice as many eggs as i'd have if i had 3 dozen fewer eggs than i have. how many eggs do i have? |
standings day 17: @bonster713 (17), @johnfbraun (12.5), @fulkb (10), @JackieB (8), @cnansen (7), @miche (4.5), @Fouss @RobertTalbert (3.5).. |
winners day 17: @Fouss @JackieB @johnfbraun @bonster713 @fulkb @cnansen @miche - thanx 4 playing our game! http://www.dansmath.com for more! |
yesterdaze prob easier than i meant: what's next mult of 17 after 17 that ends in 17? answr: 1717 = 101 * 17. (17 and 100 have no comm fac.) |
sorry not naval jet; miramar is marine corps base. crash was in University City - http://tinyurl.com/5eccok |
three killed one missing from low flying u.s. naval jet based at miramar crashing into nbrhd - @maccast is presumed ok |
wow - military jet just crashed near san diego - pilot ok, houses and residents may not be. |
my "math for liberal arts" class just ended; they're taking their last quiz on fractal dimension and markov chains! final exam next wk. |
sorry that's my math blog at http://dansmath.wordpress.com leave a story about math teaching, or this contest, etc. |
daily problem #17: what's the first multiple of 17 after 17 to end in the digits 17? answer tomorrow. leave comments: dansmath.wordpress.com |
prob 16 winners: @fulkb @cnansen @jfbraun @bonster713 (1 pt), @restorganize (0.5, indirect ans). I accepted 48 (highly comp) or 72 (pattern) |
@shareski - my college is across from a high school; i once heard an announcement blaring "you have a minute and a half to get to class." |
RT from @h_math The Onion takes on Math homework: http://tinyurl.com/595d3k (via Sarah Cannon) |
@ScottBourne - cool; iBirdPlus - I'm a bird fan, and i especially like the idea of portable bird sounds you can play at will on your iPhone! |
just had big yummy lunch (dungeness crabs and anchor steam beer) at a first birthday party for my nephew's nephew! |
