Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Geometry Puzzles
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
POW #16
Sunday, April 18, 2010
POW #15
An integer is defined as upright if the sum of its first two digits equals its third digit. For example, 145 is an upright integer since 1 + 4 = 5. How many positive three-digit integers are upright?
OR
Man Wrinkle
Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If man wrinkle spent 12 years as an old man, then how many years did he spend as an active man?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
POW #14
How many two-digit numbers exist such that when the product of its digits is added to the sum of its digits, the result is equal to the original two-digit number?
Grandma’s watch gains 30 minutes every hour, while Grandpa’s watch loses 30 minutes every hour. If at midnight both set their watches to the correct time, what time will it be when the watches next agree?