FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1
Determine the exact value of 1/(2+1/(3+1/(4+1/5))) as a fraction, that is, as a ratio of two integers.

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PROBLEM # 2

Ram has ten apples, and wants to give htem to (up to) three friends. How many different ways can he do so? (Assume that the apples are all identical, but his friends are not; it is possible, for example, for him to give one friend all ten apples.)

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Problem Solutions 11/15/07

PROBLEM # 1
My age three years hence multiplied by 3, and from that subtract three times my age three years ago will give you my exact age. What is my age?

Solution:
18 years.
 
FOR GROWNUPS 

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