Author: Eugene Kidwell

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesA standard dice is tossed until the total thrown exceeds 12. What is the most likely final total? For example, [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014Puzzles

Find the value of the series Find the value of the series solution Problem Page Coordinator: Stephen Lee CMath MIMA […]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesIn (a variant of) the game fizz buzz, the positive integers are considered in order starting from 1 but replacing [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesYou are given a box of nine balls. Eight are of the correct weight but one is too heavy. The [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesLet t be the (positive) square root of 2. What is the 62nd digit after the decimal point of (1+t) [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesFind the three positive integers a, b, c where a < b < c, which satisfy: a*b*c + a*b + b*c [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesKen and Barbie are gambling on a card game with £96 in the pot. A standard pack of cards is [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014Puzzles

2013! ends in a string of zeros. How many of them are there? Zeros in a factorial solution Problem Page […]

Mon 1 Dec 2014Book Reviews

Tim Chartier Princeton University Press 2014, 152 Pages PRICE (hardback) £16.95 ISBN 978-0-691-16060-3 We know that mathematics (or, as the […]

Mon 1 Dec 2014Book Reviews

Kenneth Falconer OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2013, 126 PAGES PRICE (PAPERBACK) £7.99 ISBN 978-0-199-67598-2 126 pages at A6, it is both […]