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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
- Since we can't use fractions, we'll have to use a knife to divide up the potatoes. This is fine though; knives cut through potatoes much faster than fractions do.
- Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
- Sit children in a row, give each a fork, then place potatoes between them. They'll work it out...
- Sit children in a circle, and working clockwise, hand out potatoes. When you run out of potatoes, start handing out rocks. Then run away.
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Shog9 wrote:
Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
This one concerns me a little, Shog. For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children. Otherwise, excellent solutions! Good "out-of-the-box" thinking!
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Shog9 wrote:
Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
This one concerns me a little, Shog. For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children. Otherwise, excellent solutions! Good "out-of-the-box" thinking!
BW
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Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children.
Yeah, but i'll bet they'd appreciate their potatoes a bit more after that...
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Quartz... wrote:
How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions
- Since we can't use fractions, we'll have to use a knife to divide up the potatoes. This is fine though; knives cut through potatoes much faster than fractions do.
- Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
- Sit children in a row, give each a fork, then place potatoes between them. They'll work it out...
- Sit children in a circle, and working clockwise, hand out potatoes. When you run out of potatoes, start handing out rocks. Then run away.
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What is the largest values you can write with ONLY three numbers digits, ofcourse ? For those who don't want to think in numbers How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions -- modified at 14:28 Tuesday 6th February, 2007
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limit as x->0 11/x
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What is the largest values you can write with ONLY three numbers digits, ofcourse ? For those who don't want to think in numbers How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions -- modified at 14:28 Tuesday 6th February, 2007
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A 1: 999 As a lot of you had already figured out , the question was only three digits so cannot use factorial there. A 2: Serve mashed potatoes , a lot of you have guessed this one too
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Shog9 wrote:
Eat one, then give a potato to each child.
This one concerns me a little, Shog. For the numbers to work out, you'd have to have meant to eat a child, then pass out the 5 spuds to the remaining 5 sad, fearful children. Otherwise, excellent solutions! Good "out-of-the-box" thinking!
BW
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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What is the largest values you can write with ONLY three numbers digits, ofcourse ? For those who don't want to think in numbers How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions -- modified at 14:28 Tuesday 6th February, 2007
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peterchen wrote:
Or what about 99/0
:wtf: undefined... at least in the real field...
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but as close as possible to "as big as it can get" :rolleyes: ok,
lim (x->0) (99/x)<7code> would stretch the requirements a bit (and it's not really a number, but it might pass) * * * _Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!_ We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic _joint venture definition of CP_ [Linkify!](http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/Linkify.asp)|[Fold With Us!](http://www.codeproject.com/script/profile/whos_who.asp?msg=919055&id=175#xx919055xx) -
Good, but you're loosing a bit on the coolness factor posting an hour after the solution and without using the superscript :-D
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Good, but you're loosing a bit on the coolness factor posting an hour after the solution and without using the superscript :-D
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A 1: 999 As a lot of you had already figured out , the question was only three digits so cannot use factorial there. A 2: Serve mashed potatoes , a lot of you have guessed this one too
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A 1: Question was only three digits, but question should have been only three digits and digts only. A 2: I prefer Shog's answer
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A 1: Question was only three digits, but question should have been only three digits and digts only. A 2: I prefer Shog's answer
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You gained it all back :) thanks for taking it for what it was, as a joke
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HollyHooo wrote:
only three digits and digts only.
oh ! that IFF factor :-> missed it
HollyHooo wrote:
I prefer Shog's answer
me too :-D
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Quartz... wrote:
HollyHooo wrote: I prefer Shog's answer me too
LOL
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9!9!9! == a big freakin' number.
Software Zen:
delete this;9!9!9!! is bigger :-D
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What is the largest values you can write with ONLY three numbers digits, ofcourse ? For those who don't want to think in numbers How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions -- modified at 14:28 Tuesday 6th February, 2007
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dan neely wrote:
9^(9^9) = 9^81
So... 9^9 = 81 eh ? :-D
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dan neely wrote:
9^(9^9) = 9^81
So... 9^9 = 81 eh ? :-D
"Courage choose who will follow, Fate choose who will lead" - Lord Gunner, Septerra Core "Press any key to continue, where's the ANY key ?" - Homer Simpsons Drinking gives me amazing powers of insight. I can solve all the worlds problems when drunk, but can never remember the solutions in the morning. - Michael P Butler to Paul Watson on 12/08/03
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What is the largest values you can write with ONLY three numbers digits, ofcourse ? For those who don't want to think in numbers How will you divide 5 potatoes among 6 childrens, you cannot use fractions -- modified at 14:28 Tuesday 6th February, 2007
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I generally write all values and code with only the five digits on my right hand; using only three won't alter that very much. In fact I could just use one digit to hold down the 9 key for a while... 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Ok, now that digit is tired. And I need to pick up my coffee mug.
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Is infinity a value?