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PUZZLE OF THE
WEEK
May
2008
1.
 Two
fathers gave their sons some money. One gave his son $150, and the other
$100. When the two sons counted their finances, they found that together they
became richer by only $150. How can that be?
2.
 In
1932 Mr.Campbell was as old as the last two digits of his birth year. When he
mentioned this interesting fact to his grandfather, the grandfather surprised
him by saying the the same was true for him as well. Mr. Campbell thought this
was impossible, but his grandfather assured him that this was indeed so. How
old was each of them in 1932?
3.
 Write
the numbers:
a.
Write 1 using all
the ten digits and arithmetic operations
b.
Write 10 using five
9s and arithmetic operations
c.
Show 4 different
ways of writing 100 with 5 identical digit
Send answers
to: Anna Charny:
anna@metrowestschool.com
See answers to previous contests HERE.
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