FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1

What are the next three number in the sequence
-1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, _, _, _.

PROBLEM # 2

A man was born on February 29, 1928. He dies January 29, 2004. How many actual birthdays (February 29) does he have (not counting the day he was born in 1928 as a birthday)?

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 3
Observe the table of values. A new operational symbol # has been created. Based on the values of A, B and A#B in the table, determine the value of 2/3 # 1/5.

A	B	A#B
5	2	21
19	9	280
41	21	1240
55	51	424
2/3	1/5	?

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 01/29/04

PROBLEM # 1

Animals: What will come next? Explain how you knew.
dog, bird, tiger, kitten, ____________.

SOLUTION

giraffe, a seven letter animal.

PROBLEM # 2

List the 11th prime number.

SOLUTION

31.

PROBLEM # 3

Using exactly four fours and any other mathematical symbols, find an expression equivalent to 25. You may not use any additional numbers in your expression.

SOLUTION

One solution: (4 + 4/4)^(sqrt 4)

Congratulations to H. Bhatanagar, S. Dasari, R. Dhillon, K. Divatia, S. Divatia, B. Goyal, A. Gupta, M. Mathai, P. Mutalik, S. Nalamati, D. Santaumayor, B. Seth and N. Sharma who were winners of the last set of puzzles.

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