TWCP OTD (The Who Cares Puzzle Of The Day) - 26th of January, 2017
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Got back from IKEA sale (to keep home quiet) and had to deal with a lot of computations about sizes, to see if and how many of those shelves fit... And as I'm on my way to solve IKEA puzzles for the rest of the night here a really simple one... HOW MANY EIGHTS CAN YOU PUT IN 1000 All you have is an infinite supply of eights and pluses (8 and +)... You have to get to 1000
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Long ago, in days of yore. It all began with a god named Thor. There were Vikings and boats and some plans for a furniture store It's not a bodega, it's not a mall They sell things for apartments smaller than mine As if there were apartments smaller than mine -- Jonathan Coulton, "Ikea" I've had this stuck in my head for a week... And you just HAD to remind me.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
Got back from IKEA sale (to keep home quiet) and had to deal with a lot of computations about sizes, to see if and how many of those shelves fit... And as I'm on my way to solve IKEA puzzles for the rest of the night here a really simple one... HOW MANY EIGHTS CAN YOU PUT IN 1000 All you have is an infinite supply of eights and pluses (8 and +)... You have to get to 1000
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Alternate... Two 8's, and one plus. Solution: 1) Break off the sides of the plus, rotate them ninety degrees, and stick them to the top and bottom to make a "1" 2) Break the 8's in half, so they each form two zeroes. Use three of those to make the "000", and throw the last one at one of your coworkers. Done.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
Alternate... Two 8's, and one plus. Solution: 1) Break off the sides of the plus, rotate them ninety degrees, and stick them to the top and bottom to make a "1" 2) Break the 8's in half, so they each form two zeroes. Use three of those to make the "000", and throw the last one at one of your coworkers. Done.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Your other comment made more sense :-)
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Your other comment made more sense :-)
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
You're right... Technically, you asked how many 8's and +'s would FIT in 1000... You can really only fit one eight, not both of them... So the answer should really be one and a half 8's, not two.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
Long ago, in days of yore. It all began with a god named Thor. There were Vikings and boats and some plans for a furniture store It's not a bodega, it's not a mall They sell things for apartments smaller than mine As if there were apartments smaller than mine -- Jonathan Coulton, "Ikea" I've had this stuck in my head for a week... And you just HAD to remind me.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)The god of war rode out one day Upon a handsome filly. "I'm Thor", he cried; The horse replied: "Well, you forgot your thaddle, thilly!" There, maybe that will "unstick" the Ikea poem for you. :)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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The god of war rode out one day Upon a handsome filly. "I'm Thor", he cried; The horse replied: "Well, you forgot your thaddle, thilly!" There, maybe that will "unstick" the Ikea poem for you. :)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Poem? Song. Probably on YouTube... Go get hooked.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) -
Got back from IKEA sale (to keep home quiet) and had to deal with a lot of computations about sizes, to see if and how many of those shelves fit... And as I'm on my way to solve IKEA puzzles for the rest of the night here a really simple one... HOW MANY EIGHTS CAN YOU PUT IN 1000 All you have is an infinite supply of eights and pluses (8 and +)... You have to get to 1000
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Got back from IKEA sale (to keep home quiet) and had to deal with a lot of computations about sizes, to see if and how many of those shelves fit... And as I'm on my way to solve IKEA puzzles for the rest of the night here a really simple one... HOW MANY EIGHTS CAN YOU PUT IN 1000 All you have is an infinite supply of eights and pluses (8 and +)... You have to get to 1000
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
I'll have a P, please, Bob.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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How about 125 eights and 124 plusses? ...and you still have an infinite number left over. ...or did I misunderstand the question? Quite likely - still on first coffee.
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To make 1000, the ones digit has to add up to something ending in a zero. That's 40, which means "88888888" will need to be divided into 5 numbers. When you add the ones digits to 40, you'll need to carry the 4 into the tens place. The tens place will also need to add to something ending in a zero to make 1000. With carrying the 4, you'll need two 8's to make 16. Now you'll need to carry a 2; add an "8" to that, and you'll get 10, which looks a lot like the start of 1000. Let's see where we are - we need five numbers with a ones digit, two with a tens digit, and one with a hundreds digit. This gives us 8+8+8+88+888, which equals 1,000.
Or just quickly search the web for the answer and copy/paste it in... after all, since it's a "Who Cares" puzzle, who cares how the answer is arrived at? Exactly.
While I like your answer better! 1000/8= 125 so 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8
Buckrogerz
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Alternate... Two 8's, and one plus. Solution: 1) Break off the sides of the plus, rotate them ninety degrees, and stick them to the top and bottom to make a "1" 2) Break the 8's in half, so they each form two zeroes. Use three of those to make the "000", and throw the last one at one of your coworkers. Done.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I had thought on very similar lines, but I'd put the spare 0 on top of one of the other 0s so it looks as though there are only three 0s there. I had considered squashing the extra 0 so it flattened to a 1, but that was messy - I don't know what they have inside. But how do you get the comma between the 1 and the 0s?
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How about 125 eights and 124 plusses? ...and you still have an infinite number left over. ...or did I misunderstand the question? Quite likely - still on first coffee.
That's perfectly good solution... Not nice, but good... :-)
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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While I like your answer better! 1000/8= 125 so 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+ 8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8
Buckrogerz
In fact, your answer is accurate. The equation called for "infinite number of 8s and +'s, not 8++ or 88+888, etc. :doh:
