The Little Math Puzzle Contest

Man seeks order and pattern in all things
Be ready to change your paradigm.

This is the last posting from The Little Math Puzzle for the year.

Thank you to everyone who participated. You all contributed to the project. We have shared an experience along the road of getting used to Internet.

Here are the answers to Puzzle #36 and the Toughie #37. Here are the winners lists for Puzzle #36 and the Toughie #37.

It is possible that things will recommence in the fall -- just watch this space.

Regards,

Tom

T_Murray@rwa.psbgm.qc.ca

http://www.odyssee.net/~academy

Puzzle #36 results

Question #36 asked:

What is the next letter pattern in the following set?

EM, EYE, SEE, KAY, EE, WHY, EM, OH, YOU, ES, ____

The answer is EE.

Each new letter pattern is another letter in the name "Mickey Mouse."

Winners -- Solvers of Puzzle #36

1. Rich Schaffer Parkers Prairie High School - Parkers Prairie, MN
2. Grade 3 McAdam Elementary School - McAdam, N.B.
3. Blair Joseph Bass, Joshua Alban, Joseph LeBlanc - Mrs. L. Dodge's class Grade 6 Glen Falls School - Saint John, New Brunswick Canada
4. Matthew Fabbri and Candace Desmarais General Vanier School - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
5. MRS CAPLIN'S GRADE 6A L.E.R. SCHOOL - DALHOUSIE,N.B.
6. Tina St. Godard and Carly Gallinger, Kelly Labelle, Kelsey Whyte, Jamie Pearce, Tina Goncalves, Erin Puttaert, Ainsley Swinn, Saxon Funk, Shantelle Rivard, Andrew Smallwood, Jesse Meyer, Dave Newbold - Mr. Walker's, grade 4/5 Hastings School - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
7. Independent solutions by: Jeff Woolsey, Bobby Eckert, Terry Anderton - Grade 5 Piper Creek Elementary School - Red Deer AB
8. Sara Tinteri, Grade 7 St. Benedict School - Sarnia, Ontario
9. David Belanger, Age 10 St. Michael's School - Belleville, ON
10. Dan Reiss, Sean Stroobandt, and Justin Farina Gregory A. Hogan School - Sarnia Ontario
11. Gregory Vandenheuvel and Chris Brown - Gr.4/5 St.Margarets. - Sarnia Ont.
12. Kurtis Kraemer Gr. 4/5 St. Margarets School - Sarnia Ont.
13. Alex Ferreira and Darryl DeKeyser - Mrs. Harris grade 4/5 class St. Margaret's School - Sarnia, Ont.
14. Computer Club St. Therese School - Sarnia Ontario
15. TAMMY D DUNBAR,dunbatad@nbed.nb.ca
16. Bruce Chung - T. Burnie's Grade 7/8 class St Ann School - Toronto, Ontario
17. AMANDA AND KAHLA, MS.JUDD RM.13 ALEX & ERNEST, MATTHEW AND DANIEL Dowdell_Peace@halton.tor.hookup.net,Internet
18. Brianne Kennedy - Grade 5, Ms. Laudonio Gregory Hogan School - Sarnia, Ontario
19. Mike Aube, Jeffrey Miller, Julie Bjorndal, Sean Good, Kevin Nicol, Nathan Lawlor, Kateri Smith, Bryan Harn, Chasity Labillois, Joshua Barnaby, Courtney Fournier, Kevin Dejardin, Nathan Moore, Nicholas Gould. Miss Smollett's Grade 5 class the L.E.Reinsborough School - Dalhousie,New Brunswick.
20. Hedges Grade 8 Math Class Hedges School - Winnipeg, Manitoba
21. Mrs. K. Warner's Grade 5/6 class Brooklyn District School - Newport, N.S.
22. Mr. Russell's grade 5 class Brooklyn District School - Newport, N.S.
23. Brittany Hilker, Mark Zito, Jenna Rotz, Ashley Bowens, Erika Seelenbinder, Portia Newby, Tara O'Berry Fourth graders in Mrs. Selter's class Indian Lakes Elementary School - Virginia Beach, VA
24. Madame Scaplen's grade 6 French Immersion class Sacred Heart Elementary - Marystown, Newfoundland
25. "dunbatad@NBED.NB.CA"@quartz.nbnet.nb.ca
26. St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic School - Whitby, Ontario, Canada
27. Ashley, Alexis, Heather, Adam, Katherine, Melanie, Alexander, Nathan, 4 Lussier Ecole St. Avila - Wpg, MB
28. Hilary Bohn, 5S Ecole St. Avila - Wpg., MB
29. 3 Leoppky Ecole St. Avila - Wpg., MB
30. Nathan 4 Lavoie Ecole St. Avila - Wpg., MB
31. Lyndon Lemay, 5R Ecole St. Avila - Wpg. MB
32. Nicole Lawrence, Grade 4 Piper Creek Elementary School - Red Deer AB
33. Van Nguyen and Angela LaGamba in Grade 8 D'Arcy McGee Catholic School - Toronto, Ontario
34. Steven Gratton, Mrs. King's Gr. 4/5 Sara Dillon, Mr. Willemse's Gr. 7/8 Adam Dillon, Mrs. Pachlarz' Gr. 8 Brent Kelders, Mrs. Bannon's Gr.6/7 Danielle Thomas, Luke George, Melissa Davies, Stratos Niatsikas - Mr. Fera's Gr. 5/6 St.John Fisher School - Forest, Ontario
35. Jesse Lamb and Ming Yang, Edmond McRae - Mrs. HArris's Grade 4/5 class St. Margaret's School - Sarnia, Ontario
36. Mikey mikey inkster,msinxter@vianet.on.ca

Puzzle #37 -- The Toughie -- results

Question #37 asked:

Find the logic and the next set of digits.

1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221, __________

The answer is 1113213211.

This was passed on by Alex Nazarov... a student worker on the puzzle.

Winners -- Solvers of The Toughie Puzzle #37 and their logic

1. 1113213211

   Each number "describes" the previous in order.

   Ken Duisenberg,kend@rosemail.rose.hp.com,Internet

2. 1113213211
   

   rational --

   1=one 1 (11)

   11= Two 1's (21)

   21= One 2, one 1 (1211)

   1211= one 1, one 2, two 1's (111221)

   etc.

   The Class of a colleague of Len Makoura College, Masterton, New Zealand

3. Toughie-
   

   1, 11,21, 1211, 111221, 312211, 13112221, 1113213211
   

   Describe the previous number...

   1

   one one

   two ones

   one two, one one

   one one, one two, two ones

   three ones, two twos, one one

   one three, one one, two twos, two ones,etc.

   Final number describes the previous number

   Solution provided by Portia Newby, a fourth grader in Mrs. Seltzer's class, Indian Lakes Elementary, Virginia Beach, VA USA

Royal West Academy: a public High School in Montreal Quebec...

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