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View Solvers   View Solution Start with 10,000 quarters, all “heads up” and lined up in a (long) row.  Number each quarter starting from the left and working to the right (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc…).  Then carry out the following procedure:      Step 1:  Turn over every quarter            Step 2:  Turn […]

View Solvers   View SolutionProfessor Hornswoggle challenged his students to determine a mystery number.  He gave them the following thirty-one clues:      1)  The number is divisible by 2           2)  The number is divisible by 3     3)  The number is divisible by 4                […]

View Solvers   View Solution Using only “pencil-and-paper” (no calculators, computers, or other computational devices), determine which of the following expressions is bigger.   $\Large\frac{15^{16}}{16^{15}} $  or  $\Large\frac{20^{24}}{24^{20}}$ Solutions must clearly demonstrate that the bigger expression is in fact bigger. ***November Solutions are due by November 30*** Print/Download Puzzle

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