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9 games with 3 possible outcomes |
2020-09-13 |
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From Daniel: Hi
I’d like to know how many different outcomes would be in a
Soccer week played if there is 9 different games 2 teams and 3 outcomes
Win, tie or lose
Thank you Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A dice game |
2019-03-17 |
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From Remo: So, little game my kid came up with.
Dice are standard d6.
I roll a die, he rolls a die. If he gets the same number as me OR a bigger number he wins.
So far so good. Used the opportunity to get him to calculate the probabilities of him winning, see if I could get him interested into looking at this game from a more academic perspective. He did fine.
Then we upped the ante.
He rolls one die, I roll two dice. I his die has a number that is equal or greater than both of mine, he wins.
We had a bit of trouble solving that one, and had to resort to a table with all the results ( 6x36) to figure out where we stood.
Then again we upped.
He rolls two dice, I roll two dice.
If any one of his dice has a number equal to or greater than both of mine he wins. I only win if one of my dice is greater than both of his.
And we got stuck. Figured I would need to find a formula to resolve this one, as our earlier solution ( table everything ) suddenly is 36x36, giving well over a thousand possible results. And if we ever go bigger than that then we *really* are going to need another way to calculate it. Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Ten games with two possible outcomes for each game |
2018-12-22 |
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From Jin: I'm trying to make a list to view all the possibility.
An example is if I have 2 games there's two outcomes (home/away)
I will use number to represent the teams.
0-1,2-3
All possible out comes are 0-2,0-3,1-2,1-3 right?
MY QUESTION If I have 10 games each have 2 outcomes (home/away) to win
What is all possible outcome.
0-1,2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9,10-11,12-13,14-15,16-17,18-19
Could u please provide me with a list of all possible out comes
Thanks you Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Jamie has twice as many video games as Mel. |
2017-04-27 |
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From John: Jamie has twice as many video games as Mel. Together, the boys have 24 games. how many games do each boy have Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A 13 game bet |
2016-02-28 |
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From farah: I'm trying to calculate the odds of a 13 game bet. Each game has 2 teams with 3 possible outcomes (win,draw,lose).
What are the odds. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Shooting a ball at a target |
2016-02-16 |
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From Thys: Hi
I have a problem with the formula that i use .(for programming)
I have looked all over the web to find a solution but no luck.
I have a cannon that shoots a ball at a target
I use this formula to calculate what my initial velocity must be to hit the target
at a angle of 30 degrees and a distance of 15m (the cannon and target position is known)
It works perfectly if both is at same height but if one is higher or lower it miss.
In an example I am working with the range is 30m, the angle is 45 degrees and the target is 10m higher than my position.
Please help
Formula = V0 = √RG / Sin(2α) Answered by Harley Weston. |
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A six team league to play a 20 game schedule |
2015-10-19 |
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From Kelly: Hi there. Some of your posts are close, but my problem is evening out the home
and away games. We have 6 teams in our league and we are going to play a 20
game schedule, playing everyone 4 times. We will play Fridays and Saturdays,
each weekend. Of course the ideal would be to have each team have a home and
an away game each weekend, but I realize that is impossible, but I would like it as
close as possible. Any help would be much appreciated!! We also were considering
opening with a home and away - Friday then Saturday with the same teams. Then
carrying on with playing everyone else and then possibly finishing up with the same
home and home Answered by Victoria West. |
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Six teams playing five games |
2015-10-18 |
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From Aidan: I have six teams that will be playing five games.
I want each team to play each game once and each team to play each other team once.
Is this possible or should I add an extra round and let some teams play each other twice? Answered by Victoria West. |
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4 games in 4 time slots with 8 teams |
2015-10-16 |
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From Paul: I'm trying to set up a game matrix for my kids that will have 4 games in 4 time slots with 8 teams. And every team is playing a different game in a different time slot. I provided the initial matrix and I am trying to ensure that no 2 teams play each other more than once. That's my problem.
8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm
Crokinole 1 vs 2
Trivial Pursuit 3 vs 4
Darts 5 vs 6
Pictionary 7 vs 8
Please help, I've been at it for hours. Answered by Robert Dawson and Victoria West. |
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13 games, 3 possible outcomes |
2015-05-01 |
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From Kennedy: Hello, hope it finds you well.
Am not that good with numbers, can you please help me get all the possible outcomes of 13 games, with a home win, draw or an away win as three possible results for each of the 13 games.
Thanks in advance Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2015-03-28 |
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From Suzanne: I love this game! Cannot figure out 4,9,10,16 to equal 24? Help! Answered by Penny Nom and Claude Tardif. |
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The game of 24 |
2015-01-21 |
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From aaron: 24 game whants me to use 11 14 5 and 9 to make 24 allowed (+ - dividing and multiplying) Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Five players in a 4-player partnership game |
2013-03-19 |
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From Dee: I have 5 players who are playing in a 4-player partnership game & want to rotate the 5th person in in such a way that each person is each other person's partner for a game. How can such a rotation be done? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A schedule for 6 teams and 37 games |
2012-08-29 |
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From Giovanni: Hello, i try to prepare a schedules for 6 teams, and every teams will play 37 games before the playoff. How to make a schedules? thanks Answered by Victoria West. |
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The game of 24 |
2011-05-06 |
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From shaylin: how do you use 3,9,7,9 once in any operation equal to 24? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2010-10-26 |
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From gabrielle: What is the answer using the numbers 0 0 0 0 (trig and calc are
allowed, all math is allowed) in the game 24? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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The game of 24 |
2010-02-20 |
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From haley: hello.... we have these very hard make 24 stumpers. i am stuck on one.... how can you make 24 using the numbers 7-7-13-18?? thanks! Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-12-09 |
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From Tony: Checked out all of the previous inquiries into the crazed game, and found none with these particular numbers: 1, 4, 6, 7. I've tried every method I can think of, please Help! Tks. Answered by Robert Dawson, Penny Nom and Claude tardif. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-10-02 |
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From trami: game of 24 by using -4 -7 -7 1? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-09-24 |
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From vanessa: Using the following numbers 13,6,6, and 12 to equal 24. Using 5th grade math Answered by Penny Nom and Claude Tardif. |
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The game of 24 |
2009-08-27 |
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From ANITA: Help I'm suppose to be a math expert, yet I can not yield 24 from the numbers 8,4,9,9, using each only once. HELP Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2009-08-26 |
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From melvi: how can you get the numbner 24 but only useing the numbers 7,5,4,5 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-05-22 |
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From Sam: Using the numbers 7, 3, 2, and 2, how do you get the number 24? Answered by Claude Tardif and Harley Weston. |
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Six teams, two sites, and four days |
2009-05-08 |
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From John: I have six teams, two sites, and four days. We have decided that we want to have tri-meets, where there would be three teams competing against each other at the same site each day. Here is the problem, I need to make sure that each team sees each other team at least once and each team goes to each site at least once. Answered by Victoria West. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-05-02 |
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From Barbara: using the numbers 1,3 7 and 9 only once how do you get the answer of 24 Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-04-08 |
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From Joe: How do you get 24 using 6,9,10,10 once. Its called the 24 game.
Joe Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Game of 24 |
2009-04-05 |
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From Ramona: math 24 using 16, 9, 20, 7 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A 25 team league |
2009-03-31 |
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From brad: 25 teams are in a league in which each team plays everybody once how many games must be scheduled ? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The board for a variant of chess |
2009-03-16 |
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From Adam: I am trying to figure out how big a piece of wood I need for a variant of chess I thought up. The board essentially is a set of 6 concentric rings with an empty space in the center, each ring consisting of 24 spaces - so essentially 6 concentric 24-sided polygonal rings made up of trapezoidal spaces. I know the interior angle of the shape (15 degrees), but I can't figure out the size this thing should be.
All I know is that the innermost ring will have the smallest spaces, and that those spaces need to be able to accommodate chess pieces 3/4" wide without them overlapping onto neighboring spaces. That is to say, the short parallel side of the trapezoidal space on the innermost ring should be at least 3/4". But I have no clue how to extrapolate the full diameter of the board from that one measurement. HELP!
Adam Goss
saganth@yahoo.com Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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The game of 24 |
2009-03-01 |
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From Jeff: My son in the 5th grade was given a problem for extra credit and could use parents help. He was given the numbers 21, 13, 9, 6 and asked to use each number only once by +, -, /, x the numbers in any order to obtain an answer of 24. Answered by Harley Weston. |
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A ten player schedule |
2009-02-19 |
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From john: I HAVE 10 PLAYERS ONE GAME PER NITE FOR 10 WEEKS
WHO PLAYS WHO FOR WEEK 1 THRU 10
THANK YOU Answered by Victoria West. |
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The game of 24 |
2008-11-24 |
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From Davey: this has us all stumped. 5 ,5 ,7 ,and9 = 24. Oh may you assist in ending
our brain pain Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A game for 5 players |
2008-11-16 |
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From safdar: five players agreed that after every game, the loser doubles every body's money. they played 5 games and everybody lost once. after the 5 games, everybody had 4128. How much money did each of the players have before the game? show your work. Answered by Janice Cotcher and Harley Weston. |
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The game of 24 |
2008-08-20 |
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From Tasha: I have four numbers a 6, a 6 a 5 and a 3, i can add subtract divide or multiply these numbers in anyway but i have to use all of them and call only use them once i have to come up with a total of 24 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How many games? |
2008-05-12 |
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From Amy: Central Middle School is hosting a city-wide ping pong tournament.
Twenty students signed up for the tournament. Each player plays another; the winner
goes on to the next round. Elimination games continue until there is one grand winner.
How many games must be played to find the grand winner? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2008-01-17 |
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From Raina: I have four numbers 3 3 9 5 that need to equal 24 using addition subtraction multipliction and division and I'm so stuck. Answered by Chris Langdon, Stephen La Rocque and Claude Tardif. |
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How many combinations can there be for 12 games? |
2007-11-01 |
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From Melissa: I am looking to find out how many different combinations there are in 12
sports games. Let's say I have 12 baseball games, total 24 teams, and
there can only be two results, win or lose, no ties. How many
combinations can there be for 12 games? Thank-you very much. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2007-09-27 |
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From Amanda: I'm really stumped on a 24 math game question from math class. The numbers are 7,11,17,and 20. Help?? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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24 Game: 7, 5, 3, 3 |
2007-06-11 |
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From Natasha: In the maths game called '24', how can you solve 7, 5, 3, 3?
I like playing a maths game called '24'. Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Game of 24 |
2007-04-04 |
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From teri: How do you find the answer of 24 by using 12,24,7 and 2 only once. Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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The game of 24 |
2007-03-22 |
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From Britney: I have a math problem with the game 24. I am not sure how to solve it.
You can use +, -, multiplication, division, ( ), square root, and exponents.
Please help me. The numbers are 1, 6, 7 and 8. You have to use all the
numbers and you can only use them once. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Game 24 |
2007-02-09 |
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From Becka: I need help figuring out this sequence for 24 2 2 3 5 Please help Answered by Steve La Rocque, Penny Nom, Claude Tardif. |
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Splitting A Circle Evenly |
2006-12-20 |
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From Joe: I'm trying to make a game board and instead of having it square, I would like to give it a curve (the game is Parcheesi). The attached diagram is pretty much completed (done in AutoCAD). What I would like to know is how to manually find the points that intersect the red line. In other words, evenly split the semi-circle into 8 pieces. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2006-11-28 |
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From John: Math 24 with 9, 8, 4, 2? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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More on the game of 24 |
2006-05-05 |
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From Kathy's daughter: My daughter's 5th grade class plays the 24 math game. She came home
the other day with a real stumper! The numbers on the card are 5,5,2,and 6.
The rules say you must use every number,you may only use a number once,you
can only add, subtract, multiply and/or divide and the answer is 24. Can you
help!!!! No one where I work has been able to figure this one. Answered by Paul Betts and Penny Nom. |
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9, 8, 7 and 2 in the game of 24 |
2006-03-17 |
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From Alana: I just began student teaching in a 5th grade math class and found that the students play 24 in class, a game that I used to play in elementary school. The students choose a card which shows 4 numbers and then have to use any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to reach 24. There was one card that we found that seems to have all of us stumped. The four numbers are 9, 8, 7 and 2. Can you figure out how to make 24 with those? Thanks so much for your help! Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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More on the game of 24 |
2006-02-02 |
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From Cathy: 10,16,9,4 this numbers have to equal up to 24. we can't figure it out. Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Mathilda and Matthew |
2005-12-18 |
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From A student:
Question: 1) The average of 12 is 5. The average of of 8 of these numbers ia 6. What is the average of the other four.
2)Mathilda is playing a mathematical game with Matthew. Each player starts from a point, then moves in a straight line to a second point,then to a third and so on. The moves are not made randomly, but are determined by a mathematical rule. The object of the game is to find the rule. It is Mathilda's turn to move on the grid . She starts at point M (3,9), moves to point N (2,4) and then to point O (0,0). Given Mathilda's rule, what could be the coordinates of the next point to which she might move?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 with 7, 5, 5 and 4 |
2005-12-18 |
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From Nicole: i was playing the 24 game the other day. you get 4 digits and you have to turn them into 24. You can use addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. You have to use all the numbers but you can only use each number once. an example is 2 4 4 1 the answer is (2x4)(4-1)=24. I got stuck on one. The numbers were 7 5 5 4 . Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2005-10-10 |
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From Kim and Chris: My 4th grade son came home with a math game called 24 game. In it each card has 4 numbers on it. Each number can only be used once, in any order, using multiplication, subtraction, division, or addition. We are stuck on one and wondered if you could help. The four numbers are: 9, 9, 9, 9. And they must equal 24. Any clues? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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The game of 24 |
2005-01-10 |
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From Manny: HI - my daughter and I are being driven crazy by the following "24" question 7,7,3,3. She's good at the game (well, better than I am) and her teacher gave her this one. Any insight would be appreciated! Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Visitor wins or home wins |
2004-09-29 |
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From Paavn and Laddi: I have a math question i am stumped on for one of my classes. The question states that there are 14 baseball games with 2 possible outcomes for each game, visitor win or home win. How many different total combinations are possible from the 14 games? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The game of 24 |
2004-09-16 |
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From Angelica: how can you make 24 out of 7,7,6,5? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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The game of 24 |
2004-09-14 |
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From Alan: I was playing that math 24 game and i cant get 21,14,2,2 to equal 24 Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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The 24 game |
2004-09-09 |
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From Erik: Ive spent around 40 hours on this one problem. I need help. 3,3,7,7 Answered by Claide Tardif. |
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The game of 24 |
2004-06-04 |
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From Samantha: i have the game 24 (the one where you have to use multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction to get to the answer 24) I was playing when i came across the 4 numbers 20, 17, 7, 11 and i cant seem to get 24. Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Baseball games |
2004-03-14 |
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From Fabian: Let's say I have 12 different Baseball games. There is one of only 2 possible outcomes for each of the 12 games. How would I fugure out how many combinations there are for the 12 games and for 11,10, and so fourth.
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The game of 24 |
2003-09-03 |
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From A student: We have a game where four numbers must equal 24 using addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division.Ý I am stuck on the following four numbers - 12, 24, 9 and 17. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A 6 team schedule |
2003-08-31 |
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From A scheduler: I saw that someone put on your web site a team schedule and you helped them figure it out.Ý I have 6 teams that want to play each other once, and believe it or not, I cannot figure it out. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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I can Guess your birthday |
2003-08-29 |
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From Michelle: Hi I am trying to explain to my children how this problem works. It was sent to me on the internet and I can not figure it out. They keep asking me how it works and I can not tell them. The problem is: "I can Guess your birthday:: Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The number of possible outcomes with 8 games |
2003-02-21 |
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From Gianni: If 8 basketball games being played(no ties), which means a total of 16 teams, what are the total number of possible outcomes that can occur. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The 24 game |
2002-11-16 |
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From Michael: Hello, my name is Michael and I am in elementary school .. We have a game we play in math class called 24 game. In it each card has 4 numbers on it. Each number can only be used once, in any order, using multiplication, subtraction, division, or addition. We are stuck on one and wondered if you could help. The four numbers are 10-9-16-4. And they must equal 24. Any clues? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The repetition of doing many straight forward problems |
2002-10-16 |
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From Dan: I am the father of a very bright 9 year old girl. She is very interested in math and she grasps concepts very quickly. I am concerned that she may become bored with the repetition of doing many straight forward problems. Her current math teacher has her working in a challenging math book and she is doing 3+ digit multiplication. She misses 2 or 3 out of ten of these problems due to simple addition errors. Should she continue to practice these problems until she can get them all correct? Or, should she move on? Answered by Kathy Nolan and Claude Tardif. |
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Two problems |
2002-10-14 |
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From Seçkin: i am from turkey i am a teacher in a collage i have two difficult question which i havent solve yet these are very important for me.... Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Making 24 |
2002-01-17 |
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From Renee: My 4th grade daughter and I need to find a simple math sentence using 5, 5, 3, & 7 to equal 24. You can add, subtract, divide or multiple. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Theme day |
2001-10-14 |
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From A teacher: I woulld like a math theme for a theme day in a high school, grades 9-12. Our last theme was fractal fest. Answered by Penny Nom and Claude Tardif. |
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Jim's poker game |
2001-05-24 |
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From Nick and Karnal: One day jim played poker with some of his friends and lost half his money.the number of dollars he had before the game was the same as the number of cents he had after the game, and the no of cents he had before the game was twice as much as the number of dollars he had after the game.how much money did he have before thegame???
Later that day jim met a friend Al on the street."hi al!Do u have any change on you al?""yes" "Good!can u give me a change of a dollar?" "I am afraid not!" "Then give me change of 50 cents.""I am sorry i cant." "how about a change of a quarter?""not possible." "a dime." "also not" "a nickel?" "not even that."
al had no bills or silver dollars on him.whats the largest amount of cash he could have had? hope u can help me. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Taking matches |
2001-05-05 |
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From Mark: Two piles of matches are on a table. A player can remove a match from either pile or a match from both piles. The player who takes the last match loses. If there are two players, how should you play? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Dominos |
2001-04-28 |
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From Mark: A standard dominoe set consists of 28 pieces, from double-zero to double-six - Is it possible to arrange all those pieces in a straight line in such a way that the dots of any pair of adjacent pieces match? Please include picture
- Is it possible to arrange them in a circle and still meet the conditions in 1?
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Expected value |
2001-04-24 |
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From Cindy: A game consists of rolling a single fair die. If a number great than 4 is rolled you win the number of dollars showing on the die. If any other number is rolled, you receive $1.00. What is the expected value of this game? Answered by Andrei Volodin. |
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Math game 24 |
2001-02-21 |
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From Kristi: We have a game we play in math class called 24 game. In it each card has 4 numbers on it. Each number can only be used once, in any order, using multiplication, subtraction, division, or addition. We are stuck on one and wondered if you could help. The four numbers are: 3, 3, 5, 7. And they must equal 24. Any clues? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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The odds of winning |
2001-02-09 |
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From Anna: The odds of winning in a game are 3 out of 10. How many times would one have to play the game in order to be sure they would win? Answered by Leeanne Boehm. |
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Nim |
2000-04-04 |
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From Sandy Daniel: Could you please give me any information on this Math Fair topic? Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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2,5,8,1 yields 24 |
1999-09-12 |
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From Terry Hill: I was wondering how do I make the numbers 2,5,8,and 1 equal 24? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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