FOR CHILDREN
PROBLEM # 1
Two dice are thrown, what is the probability that there is at least one 4 showing?
FOR GROWNUPS
PROBLEM # 2
In Figure 1, the rectangle at the corner measures 2 cm x 4 cm. What is the radius of the circle in cm?
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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 03/23/06
FOR CHILDREN
PROBLEM # 1
A digital watch displays hours and minutes with AM and PM. What is the largest possible sum of the digits in the display?
SOLUTION
23.
FOR GROWNUPS
PROBLEM # 2
A
circle of radius 'r' is concentric with and outside a regular hexagon
of side length 2. The probability that three entire sides of the
hexagon are visible from a randomly chosen point on the circle is 0.5.
What is 'r'?
SOLUTION
Sqrt(48) or 6.92.
Congratulations to Sandeep
Bansal, Deepak Datye, Nikita Jain, Suhas Joglekar, Dattatrya Joshi,
Prathisha Nalamati, Sarthak Pani, Raagini Rameshwar, Ramya Tamisetti
and Niharika Yerneni, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.