Archive for the ‘Math contest’ Category
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
[ Editor's Note: Alex Cook is involved in a "Pi Day Challenge" that involves solving 28 puzzles. Alex sent me the following email which I'm forwarding for your enjoyment. Yes, Pi Day was Sunday but the festivities continue! ]
Hello Fellow Math Enthusiasts!
My name is Alex Cook, and I want to ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
MMM #24 is available now at Blinkdagger. Here's the problem:
The Problem Statement
The five songs that the blinkdagger band (Rob, Zane, Daniel, and Quan) can complete on expert are:
Oasis - Wonderwall
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer
Wheezer - Say It Ain’t So
Journey - Any Way You ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Dave Marain at MathNotations asked me to spread the word about a contest he's running and I'm happy to oblige.
Here's a piece of the email Dave sent me:
I'm running a math contest for HS and MS students on Tue Feb 3rd. I've announced it online and have gotten a few ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Richard Berlin, who has been participating in Monday Math Madness! for quite a while, was picked as the winner for this contest by Random.org. Congratulations, Richard! I'll be sending you your prize so send me your address. Stand by for another Monday Math Madness on Monday at Blinkdagger.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Blinkdagger and Wild About Math! are really stirring things up for Monday Math Madness (MMM) contests #13 and 14. And, Texas Instruments is giving away a VERY cool calculator (keep reading for more about the calculator), they'll ship it internationally, plus we'll allow anyone to win - even if you've ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Last Friday Blinkdagger announced a winner for MMM #8. Here's MMM #9:
Consider all of the 6-digit numbers that one can construct using each of the digits between 1 and 6 inclusively exactly one time each. 123456 is such a number as is 346125. 112345 is not such a number since ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
We have a winner for this seventh contest. Congratulations, Brent Yorgey! I'm delighted that Brent, of Math Less Traveled, won this one because Brent gives so much to students and readers of his blog. Brent - Enjoy your $25 gift certificate from our kind sponsor for this contest, the Art ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
It's time for Monday Math Madness #7. I love infinite series and I found today's infinite series problem on the web. This is one of the most interesting of these kinds of problems I have run into. It's challenging but not brutally difficult, so give it a try. I won't ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
As promised, here is Janet's solution to Monday Math Madness #5.
Aside from 1 and 9, are there any perfect squares whose digits are all odd? Justify your answer.
No.
All perfect squares two digits and larger have at least one even digit.
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Blinkdagger has announced the winners for contest #6. A little later today I'll be posting contest #7.
In the meantime, here are a couple of warmup problems:
1. If a fish weighs one pound plus half its own weight, how much does the fish weigh? Do this problem quickly and without paper. ...
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