Math Patterns: “Can you find the rule for this sequence?”
Question 10, 22, 36, 55, … Answer One answer is (n^3 – 4n^2 + 29n – 6) /…
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A Financial Math Question
Question The amount of interest earned on $K for one year is $256. The amount of discount paid…
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Sequences
Question Find in terms of n, the n th term of the sequence: 1/3 , 2/5 , 3/7,…
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Maxima Problems: “Find two possible real numbers whose product is a maximum, and the sum is 110 ?”
Answer I’ll show you a couple of ways. Let the two numbers be p and q respectively. We…
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An easier prime number question
Question What is the least 3 digit number that is the square of a prime number? a. 100…
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Math Pattern: Find the formula (ie the nth term) for the sequence 0,0,1,3,6,10…
Answer 0,0,1,3,6,10 Let A(n) denote the (n + 2)th term in the sequence. We “choose” ( n +…
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A Probability question
Question A bag of candies contains the following: 50 red candies 52 green candies 52 blue candies 50…
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An example of a Math Olympiad Problem
Question I have four children. The age in years of each child is a positive integer between 2…
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An interesting brain teaser
Question We have 100 lamps, numbered 1, 2, …, 100. Initially they are all off. 1) we press…
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Math Pattern: 1,2,6,24,120 Find pattern and what comes next?
Answer Here it is : Let A(n) denote the nth term. 1 x 1 = 1 = A…