Silliness Quiz - Page 636

SneakySnake · 10-08-2012, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fbone

Yes, that is why I hinted the answer is not 64.

Chessboard is lost, and trying to abstractly count is hurting my brain.

Going to do it in excel.

SneakySnake · 10-09-2012, 12:01 AM

Oh man! I thought I had it then forgot about all the overlapping ones.

dreams · 10-09-2012, 03:20 AM

If you can redraw lines and not use the same block lines?
*I'm sure there is an algebraic equation or something for this, but a pencil and paper works too. A pen didn't work too well with this.*

board of 8x8 = 1
blocks of 7 x 7 = (2x2) = 4
blocks of 6 x 6 = (3x3) = 9
blocks of 5 x 5 = (4x4) = 16
blocks of 4 x 4 = (5x5) = 25
blocks of 3 x 3 = (6x6) = 36
blocks of 2 x 2 = (7x7) = 49
blocks of 1 x 1 = 64

total = 204?

pdurrant · 10-09-2012, 04:50 AM

I think dreams has the answer to Fbone's quicky. (At least, it looks right to me.)

A quick riddle. No doubt it will pose no problem to you lot.

We are little creatures;
all of us have different features.
One of us in glass is set;
one of us you'll find in jet.
Another you may see in tin,
and the fourth is boxed within .
If the fifth you should pursue,
it can never fly from you.
What are we?

SneakySnake · 10-09-2012, 04:51 AM

vowels?

pdurrant · 10-09-2012, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

vowels?

Yes. I thought that might be quick! I'll make it a fiendish maths problem next time!

Ok, over to you, SneakySnake.

Fbone · 10-09-2012, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

If you can redraw lines and not use the same block lines?
*I'm sure there is an algebraic equation or something for this, but a pencil and paper works too. A pen didn't work too well with this.*

board of 8x8 = 1
blocks of 7 x 7 = (2x2) = 4
blocks of 6 x 6 = (3x3) = 9
blocks of 5 x 5 = (4x4) = 16
blocks of 4 x 4 = (5x5) = 25
blocks of 3 x 3 = (6x6) = 36
blocks of 2 x 2 = (7x7) = 49
blocks of 1 x 1 = 64

total = 204?

Correct!

Well done.

dreams · 10-09-2012, 03:46 PM

Yay! I was tired drawing and erasing lines, but didn't want to give up. By the time I did the first three, I could see a pattern.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Yes. I thought that might be quick! I'll make it a fiendish maths problem next time!

Ouch, those are hard. I have a feeling I need to brush up on my maths and need to check out the Khan Academy.

Quote:

Ok, over to you, SneakySnake.

Congrats, SS.

SneakySnake · 10-09-2012, 05:33 PM

please somebody else go - e.g. dreams.

i don't have a Q and I am going out shortly.

Stitchawl · 10-09-2012, 07:10 PM

I'll throw out a quickie...

There is one vegetable that can be found in approximately 98% of all prepared/packaged/canned foods in one form or another. Name that vegetable!

Stitchawl

Hamlet53 · 10-09-2012, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I'll throw out a quickie...

There is one vegetable that can be found in approximately 98% of all prepared/packaged/canned foods in one form or another. Name that vegetable!

Stitchawl

Corn? Or maize as it is sometimes known.

Daithi · 10-09-2012, 07:29 PM

I'm going to guess wheat because I believe it is just as much a vegetable as corn.

SneakySnake · 10-09-2012, 07:54 PM

carrots?

issybird · 10-09-2012, 07:55 PM

Brussels sprouts?

poohbear_nc · 10-09-2012, 08:06 PM

onion?

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10-09-2012, 04:51 AM	#9530
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,112 Karma: 22082196 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900	vowels? __________________ At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Proverbs 23:32 Currently reading "Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin. So lack of sleep means I am now in book 4, and more stuff has happened and some of the stuff from book three maybe didn't happen????

10-09-2012, 05:33 PM	#9534
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,112 Karma: 22082196 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900	please somebody else go - e.g. dreams. i don't have a Q and I am going out shortly. __________________ At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Proverbs 23:32 Currently reading "Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin. So lack of sleep means I am now in book 4, and more stuff has happened and some of the stuff from book three maybe didn't happen????

10-09-2012, 07:10 PM	#9535
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 9,541 Karma: 147232771 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony 505, Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350	I'll throw out a quickie... There is one vegetable that can be found in approximately 98% of all prepared/packaged/canned foods in one form or another. Name that vegetable! Stitchawl

10-09-2012, 07:29 PM	#9537
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I'm going to guess wheat because I believe it is just as much a vegetable as corn. Last edited by Daithi; 10-09-2012 at 07:32 PM.

10-09-2012, 07:54 PM	#9538
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,112 Karma: 22082196 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900	carrots? __________________ At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Proverbs 23:32 Currently reading "Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin. So lack of sleep means I am now in book 4, and more stuff has happened and some of the stuff from book three maybe didn't happen????

10-09-2012, 07:55 PM	#9539
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 2,146 Karma: 20655324 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Touch, Nook, 350, 950, Fire	Brussels sprouts?

10-09-2012, 08:06 PM	#9540
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