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Jun 4 2013 10:21am
I don't need you to do any questions.

What I need are you to find me questions.

The subject level of math should be restricted to pre-calculus and under.

What I'm looking for is "tricky." Not tedious.

Many Math Olympiad questions are tricky AND tedious. I want just tricky. SAT//ACT usually comes up with some tricky questions, but sometimes they are too easy.
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Jun 4 2013 10:23am
4 + 2 = ?
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Jun 4 2013 10:44am
Quote (Dapwnzor @ Jun 4 2013 11:23am)
4 + 2 = ?


+ 3 - 1 x 0 = ?
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Jun 4 2013 03:41pm
Stop being lazy, ya !@#$.

Just because you're some guy with a crap ton of FG doesn't mean you need to tell everyone what to do.

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Jun 4 2013 06:05pm
can it be word questions
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Jun 4 2013 06:34pm
if it took 8 men 4 hours to build a wall, how long would it take 3 men to build 2 walls?

what is the longest sequence of consecutive odd primes?

how many people would have to be in a room before the chance that any two people share the same birthday (month + day) exceeds 50%?

these were the two trickiest problems that got me stumped. i had to google to see the answers.

I have two children. One is a boy born on a Tuesday. What is the probability I have two boys? (50% is not the answer btw)

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice? (it DOES matter if you switch or not btw)

This post was edited by carteblanche on Jun 4 2013 06:55pm
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Jun 4 2013 09:29pm
8/4 = 1.5/x

8x = 6
x = 6/8
x = 3/4 hrs for 1 wall.

1.5 hours for 2 walls
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Jun 4 2013 09:44pm
Quote (Act1 @ Jun 4 2013 11:29pm)
8/4 = 1.5/x

8x = 6
x = 6/8
x = 3/4 hrs for 1 wall.

1.5 hours for 2 walls


you're not supposed to solve them. he wants to give them to little kids
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Jun 4 2013 10:24pm
Quote (carteblanche @ Jun 4 2013 07:44pm)
you're not supposed to solve them. he wants to give them to little kids


Was just giving the answer to save some time.

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Jun 4 2013 10:58pm
Quote (Act1 @ Jun 4 2013 11:29pm)
8/4 = 1.5/x

8x = 6
x = 6/8
x = 3/4 hrs for 1 wall.

1.5 hours for 2 walls


Economies of scale retard
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