The worlds first riddle!

ANGLE
60 degrees

STRING
576*pi square feet

TEST
75%

71 = centimetres in a Russian archine
72 = pins on a 72 Pins memory module
73 = poems by E. E. Cummings
74 = facets on the cullinan (largest diamond of the world)
75 = years of marriage for the diamond anniversary
76 = height of tennis table in cm.
77 = Favorite Drink of Tony Manero (in Saterday Night Fever)
78 = Number of cards in a Tarot pack
79 = ?
80 = Maximum number of pieces on a stratego board

The sum of the second and fifth terms of an arithmetic sequence
is equal to the sixth term of the sequence. If this common value
is 25, what is the tenth term of the sequence?
45
(0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45)

A pile of pennies, dimes, and
half-dollars - 100 coins in all - is worth $5.
How many dimes are in the pile?
39
(60 pennies, 39 dimes, 1 half-dollar)

76) The number of trombones that led the big parade.

<--------I wish I had one of those for every difficult question you've asked.

I'm just kicking back and watching to make sure everything runs smoothly. Is everyone being good?

I think I'm being good, but half the time I can't tell (lol). If anyone see's me get out of--->\ ___...line, would you tell me?

79) The smallest prime with digits that sum to 16.

DrewDad, I always wondered how you made so many posts.

Now, I know.

71 divides the sum of the primes less than it.
72 is the maximum number of spheres that can touch another sphere in a lattice packing in 6 dimensions.
73 is the smallest number (besides 1) which is one less than twice its reverse.
74 is the number of different non-Hamiltonian polyhedra with minimum number of vertices.
75 is the number of orderings of 4 objects with ties allowed.
76 is an automorphic number.
77 is the largest number that cannot be written as a sum of distinct numbers whose reciprocals sum to 1.
78 is the smallest number that can be written as the sum of of 4 distinct squares in 3 ways.
79 is a permutable prime.
80 is the smallest number n where n and n+1 are both products of 4 or more primes.





Whim:

71 = centimetres in a Russian archine
72 = pins on a 72 Pins memory module
73 = poems by E. E. Cummings
74 = facets on the cullinan (largest diamond of the world)
75 = years of marriage for the diamond anniversary
76 = height of tennis table in cm.
77 = Favorite Drink of Tony Manero (in Saterday Night Fever)
78 = Number of cards in a Tarot pack
79 = ?
80 = Maximum number of pieces on a stratego board

You just keep getting better.




Mark:

76) The number of trombones that led the big parade.

79) The smallest prime with digits that sum to 16.

Classic.







Li'l Turtle:

"I wish I had one of those for every difficult question you've asked."

If I had one for every question I answered, I would have less than a nickel"

"I think I'm being good"

Good is ok! But, bad is wicked. May I also say, you add a touch of much needed glamour and intrigue to the proceedings.




Getting down to the near impossible.

81
82
83
84
85



An alternative to easy.


A square has a side length of x units.
The square's length is then increased by 2 units and its width is increased by 9 units.

By how many square units does the area of the new rectangle exceed the area of the square, in terms of x


On a recent math test, the mean score for Turtlettes first and second
period classes combined was 74%. The mean score in the first period class was 70%, and the mean score in the second period was 80%. There was a total of 50 students in the two classes.

How many students were in first period


Two sides of an isosceles triangle have measures of x + 10 and x + 40 and the perimeter of the triangle is 420 units. Is it possible to find the sum of the two possible values of x


Oh, jeepers, look at the hour, time to bunk down.

SQUARE
11x + 18

MATH TEST
30

TRIANGLE
yes - it is possible
do you want to know what it is?
230
bonus points are expected!

81 = corners on a chess board
82 = scoring areas on a dart board
83 = number of books written by Agatha Christie
84 = height in cm of women's high hurdles
85 = atomic number of Astatine

81 is the square of the sum of its digits.
82 is the number of 6-hexes.
83 is the number of zero-less pandigital squares.
84 is the largest order of a permutation of 14 elements.
85 is the largest n for which 12+22+32+...+n2 = 1+2+3+...+m has a solution.




Mark:

SQUARE
11x + 18

MATH TEST
30

TRIANGLE
yes - it is possible
do you want to know what it is? (NO)
230


"bonus points are expected!"

In honour of your outstanding achievement, it has been agreed that the following action will be named after you,' Mark all topics read

I did not know any of those.

Nor did I.


86 = number of secret agent Maxwell Smart
87 = quatre vingt sept in French
88 = facets on a twentieth-century cut stone (or jubilee cut)
89 = chapters in the four gospels (matthew, mark, Luke & john)
90 = feet between bases on a baseball field

TRAPEZOID
4 cm

EGG TIMER
Start both timers when you start boiling the egg.
When the 7 runs out, flip it.
When the 11 runs out flip the 7.
When the 7 runs out, 15 minutes have elapsed.

NUMBER
36 is the ONLY two-digit number with this property.

88) keys on a piano
89) the only prime in the group
90) degrees in a right angle



It could be "TRY AGAIN all topics read"

I did not know any of those.

"Nor did I."

That's what this site is all about; Have fun and learn something new.


Whim:

86 = number of secret agent Maxwell Smart
87 = quatre vingt sept in French
88 = facets on a twentieth-century cut stone (or jubilee cut)
89 = chapters in the four gospels (matthew, mark, Luke & john)
90 = feet between bases on a baseball field



Mark:

TRAPEZOID
4 cm

EGG TIMER
Start both timers when you start boiling the egg.
When the 7 runs out, flip it.
When the 11 runs out flip the 7.
When the 7 runs out, 15 minutes have elapsed.

NUMBER
36 is the ONLY two-digit number with this property.

88) keys on a piano
89) the only prime in the group
90) degrees in a right angle



It could be "TRY AGAIN all topics read"

No way. I have this rule: If it don't work first time, junk it. Never, I repeat never, tryagain.




The end is in sight.

91
92
93
94
95


These were sent to me, they refer to real people.


If you knew a woman who was pregnant, and ...

she had 8 kids already,

three of whom were deaf,

two of whom were blind,

one mentally retarded, and

she had syphilis.

Would you recommend that she have an abortion





It is Presidential election time, and your vote is the tiebreaker.

Here is the breakdown of the three candidates:

Candidate A associates with crooked politicians and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain-smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college, and drinks a quart of good whiskey every evening.

Candidate C is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer, and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.

Which of these candidates would be your choice

god guiet ameazing hay !!