Thanks to everyone who joined in this round of fun, especially:
Mon Nasser, Jessica Nettles, and Karey Pharris!!
E. The letters represent the initials of continents.
For two children in general there are four equally likely events: boy-boy, boy-girl,
girl-boy, girl-girl. Since boy-boy is ruled out, the probability of two girls
is one third (or about 33%).
Once. After that you’re subtracting 3 from 36, 3 from 33, and so on.
A decimal point.
Day. Daylight, daybreak, daytime.
Don’t let the holiday cheer steer you clear of the challenges here!
Farmer Brown keeps ducks. He puts two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind
a duck, and one duck in the middle. How many ducks does he have?
Two days ago Charlie was 20. Next year he will be 23. How can this be possible?
A sphere has three, a circle has two, but a point doesn’t have any….what?
For those of you who still have your vinyl records at home: How many grooves
are there on a long-playing record, 30cm in diaeter, with a 10cm label in the
center and a 1cm margin on the outside?
What is this famous expression?
100S549
A3100F
4E621T00
28Y2167
Send your best guesses to: messiaj@acp.edu
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!