The worlds first riddle!

Stormy:

ATCOMBION= combination


CASE
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case = upper case/ lower casen

PEAK
II = pecan pie



TTH:

"I don't agree"
"I don't like pecan pie"

Negative; always you are making with the negative waves. Llama…Ommmmmmmm.....



Thoh:

8 13 24 25 34 34 81 101

1. 101 - 8 = 93
2. abundant numbers are 12 18 20 24 30... so 24 is between 21 and 25
3. 8 = 2^3 and < 10
4. sum of #s is 320 and 320/8 = 40
5. 1st 2 perfect numbers are 6 and 28. 6+28=34. 34 is most frequent
6. median is (25+34)/2=59/2=29.5
7. 101 is smallest 3 digit palindrome
8. sqrt(81)=9=8+1

Too clever by far!

upper case
lower case

But not fast enough to beat Stormy!

Clue 7. The largest number is the smallest 3 digit palindrome: 101
Clue 1. The range, maximum - minimum, is 101 - 8 =93, so the smallest number must be 8.
Clue 3. A cube less than 10: that would have to be 8=2^3 or 1=1^3. This clue is not really needed because of Clue 1.
Clue 4. The arithmetic mean of 8 numbers is 40, so the sum of the numbers is 8*40=320.
Clue 2. The first few abundant numbers (numbers such that the sum of the divisors less than the number is greater than the number) are 12, 18, 20, 24, 30, ... hence the abundant number between 21 and 25 would have to be 24.
Clue 5. The mode of the list is the sum of the first two perfect numbers, numbers such that the sum of the proper divisors equal the ,number. The first two are 6 and 28, hence the mode is 34. Since a mode would not be defined unless at least two numbers in the list are the same, we assume two number 34s.
Clue 6. The median is 29.5=mean of two successive entries, one of which is the maximum of the lower four numbers and one of which is the minimum of the upper four numbers, e.g., 29 and 30, or 28 and 31, or 27 and 32, or 26 and 33, or 25 and 34. Aha! We've got it: 25 and 34.
Clue 8. Looking at a table of squares, the only one under 121 such that the sum of its digits is the root is 81. . . "Summing up"; from least to greatest we have:
8, x, 24, 25, 34, 34, 81, 101. x is a slack variable, chosen so that the sum of the numbers is 320, that is x=13. There they are!




In Thoh's Calculus class, all the students gave each of the other students a gift. The women received a total of 798 gifts and the men got 684.

How many students were in Thoh's class, how many women and how many men

You may assume there were no transsexuals or gender benders in the group.




SPR ING


MATHTHE

SPR ING = spring break

MATHTHE= the aftermath

Maybe I have too many electrons

spring break

[size=7]Total gifts is the product of the number of students time the number of students less 1 or
n(n-1)=798+684=1482
quadratic solution is [1+/-77]/2=-36 or +39 & -36 makes no sense
so the number of students is 39

The number of gifts the women get is
nw(39-1)=798
& nw=21

since nw+nm=39
nm=18

So 18 men and 21 women in the class
& the Calculus wasn't touched--just algebra.[/size]
Rap

[size=7]Total gifts is the product of the number of students time the number of students less 1 or
n(n-1)=798+684=1482
quadratic solution is [1+/-77]/2=-36 or +39 & -36 makes no sense
so the number of students is 39

The number of gifts the women get is
nw(39-1)=798
& nw=21

since nw+nm=39
nm=18

So 18 men and 21 women in the class
& the Calculus wasn't touched--just algebra.[/size]
Rap

hmm,

Stormy:

SPR ING = spring break

MATHTHE= the aftermath


TTH:

Spring break

"Maybe I have too many electrons"

Yeah! That's probably it.


RAP (so good they named him twice) RAP:

Total gifts is the product of the number of students time the number of students less 1 or n(n-1)=798+684=1482

quadratic solution is [1+/-77]/2=-36 or +39 & -36 makes no sense
so the number of students is 39

The number of gifts the women get is nw(39-1)=798 & nw=21

since nw+nm=39 nm=18

So 18 men and 21 women in the class
& the Calculus wasn't touched--just algebra.

One of the very best answers you will ever be privileged to see.


Etc scribbled, "hmm,"

What! What! You got sommit to say, well?


To all those of you who have enquired as to the whereabouts of CJ, all I know there was some talk of a spacecraft and a bit of probing. There was also a meeting with Gus, but I don't know if that was before or after…


As a spring break prank, several A2Kay riddle forum players decided to paint the A2kay smokestack to make it look like a candy cane stick (like a candy cane but without the curl).
The Smokestack is a cylinder, 110 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter. The pranksters are going to paint the smokestack white and have a single red stripe that winds exactly 12 times around from top to bottom.

Etc volunteers to buy the red stripe.

(Disclaimer: I suggested Stormy go, but no; I was outvoted…God only knows what she will come back with!)

How long a stripe does she need

Don't be too precise, round off your answer to the nearest foot.


lang4uage


HEAD/ACHE

Here is my solution to the smokestack problem:

lang4uage= foreign language


HEAD/ACHE = splitting headache

Etc volunteers to buy the red stripe. Don't be too precise, round off your answer to the nearest foot

This is the nearest foot i could find as payment.

SMOKESTACK (non-calculus solution)
[size=8]Unroll the wrapped smokestack. The ribbon forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle with height 110 and base 12*20*pi = 240*pi.

ribbon length = sqrt(110^2 + (240*pi)^2) = sqrt(580589.2135) = 761.964 ft.[/size]

<yawn> I always try to hit the hay before the sun comes up, especially as the son should know better…if you know what I mean!



What is 50% heavier than a cubic foot of iron, but when reduced in weight by 50% weighs less than a cubic foot of iron



Etc; Thank you for your Footnote, enquiring minds wish to know what or who is attached to the other end?

Ps: What is the difference between a Footnote and an Endnote?

Etc; Thank you for your Footnote, enquiring minds wish to know what or who is attached to the other end?

No idea. It looks like a good foot though dosen't it. The website was kind of gross. (i wasn't expecting that when i typed in 'foot pics')

Uh...1.5 cubic feet of iron

Etc wrote, "i wasn't expecting that when i typed in 'foot pics'"

I am not the least surprised; I have 12 inches but I don't use it as a rule.
Just don't type in; inches pics!




Stu:

Uh...1.5 cubic feet of iron



Anything that is 50% heavier than a cubic foot of iron will weigh less when reduced in weight by 50%.

Think of it this way: 150 is 50% more than 100, but 50% of 150 (75) is smaller than 100.


How come Stu was the only person in the world to know that?

Actually, make that the second.




I was just amakin my way past the Preachers house, when a little Angle asked; are you well versed in the ways of righteousness?

What is:


The shortest verse in the King James Bible
The shortest verse in the New International Bible
The shortest verse in the Old Testament

Back later…


FIINRM

What a waste.....

FIINRM= infirm

Or perhaps firm on the outside.

Shortest verse in the King James?
Exodus 20/13
3 Thou shalt have not kill.?

STU:

Smokestack:

Check out his answer of; 761.96405 ft.

Not a bad effort for five decimal places!

Stormy:

lang4uage= foreign language

HEAD/ACHE = splitting headache

FIINRM= infirm


Tale of the tape…

"perhaps firm on the outside"


What firm do you work for again? :wink:



Mark:

SMOKESTACK (non-calculus solution)
Unroll the wrapped smokestack. The ribbon forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle with height 110 and base 12*20*pi = 240*pi.

ribbon length = sqrt(110^2 + (240*pi)^2) = sqrt(580589.2135) = 761.964 ft.


Fewer calculations, but right on the money!


Li'l Etc:

Shortest verse in the King James?
Exodus 20/13
3 Thou shalt have not kill.?


Keep reading:

John 11:35: "Jesus wept." :wink:




16,17,23,24,39,40

Adding together any of these numbers as many times as you want, how do you reach a sum of exactly 100

Using the digit "8" 8 times (and no other digits), add numbers together to reach a sum of 1000



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DELIVERY
POST MERIDIEM

Answer:
[size=7]2*16 + 4*17=100[/size]



Answer:
[size=7]8+888+8+8+88=1000[/size]

color between the lines

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