Math Puzzle of the Week
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Spring 2017 POTW #1: Nadnerb's Course Schedule
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Submissions due by midnight on Sunday January 29, 2017. Welcome back to Puzzle of the Week, put on by the Emmanuel College Department of Ma...
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Results and prizes: 2015-2016 academic year
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The results are in for the Emmanuel College Math Department's Puzzle of the Week contest for the 2015-2016 academic year! Congratulatio...
Friday, April 15, 2016
Spring 2016 POTW #5: Check (Your Work), Please!
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Solutions due by Sunday, April 24, 2016. This is the final POTW of the year! We will be awarding prizes for yearlong standings at an Emman...
Solution to Spring 2016 POTW #4 (Bow Do You Do?)
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See here for the original post of the puzzle. Let's say x is the number of administrators, so the number of faculty members is 2x. Th...
Monday, April 4, 2016
Spring 2016 POTW #4: Bow Do You Do?
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Submissions due by midnight on Sunday, April 10, 2016. At a recent college meeting, there were several faculty members, several administ...
Solution to Spring 2016 POTW #3 (Stop, Clock, and Roll)
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See here for the original post of the puzzle. Since Clock A is gaining 1 minute every 24 hours, and Clock B is losing 1 minute every 24 ho...
Monday, March 28, 2016
Solution to Spring 2016 POTW #2 (Weird? You Bet!)
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See here for the original post of the puzzle. Trial and error may work here, but I don't recommend it. Instead: Suppose Adam start...
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