Welcome to The Puzzler. Every week, there are 2 new puzzles related to my passion: math, logic, and thinking. The first puzzle will be The Puzzler Quik, meant for those who crave something fun-sized. The second puzzle will be The Puzzler Think, meant for those who love to ponder. The answers will be posted in next week’s column. Don’t forget to submit your answer for a potential shout-out in the next edition of the Puzzler.
Puzzler Quik
How many factors does the number 720 have?
Puzzled?
If you can’t think of anything, just try listing them out!
You don’t need a second hint!
How many numbers are there from 1- 1000(inclusive) that have a odd number of factors!
Puzzled?
What type of numbers have odd number of factors!
Perfect squares have a odd number of factors. See if you can solve this riddle now!
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLERS
Last Week's Puzzler Quik
Zina from Alabama was the winner of this shout-out.
The observation we need to make is that one of the numbers that we multiply will be 0. Anything multiplied by zero will result in 0. Our answer is 0.
Last Week's Puzzler Think
This week’s shout out goes to Rina from Georgia! Kudos to her for solving the problem!
Here is a video that explains what imaginary numbers are!
The second video shows us the square root of i.
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