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 numbers are in this list: $$3,4,5,…,80,81$$
Puzzled?
Try to find a pattern.
How many terms are their till the 5, how about till the 8. Do you see the pattern?
How many numbers are in this list: $$13, 13.5, 14, …, 80, 80.5$$
Puzzled?
What digit must you start with?
The answer is not very big, and a bit of casework should suffice!
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLERS
Last Week's Puzzler Quik
Jitender K. From New York was the winner of this shout-out!
We can ignore the incorrect questions since they are worth 0. We got 22 questions correct, each worth 6 points. This is worth 22 * 6 = 132 points. We got 2 questions blank, which is 1.5 * 2 = 3 points. Our total score is 132 + 3 = 135 points!
Last Week's Puzzler Think
The shoutout for this problem goes to Carter from Georgia!
You can form the numbers 5034927618 and 5038167294. You can also form their reverses: 8167294305 and 4927618305. Hence four different numbers can be made. The key point is to realize that the number must start or end on the ‘5’ key, followed/preceded by the ‘0’ key, otherwise, there is no way of using all ten keys during the route.
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