Math Club – February
Week 1: Mathematical Thinking Puzzles
- DIY Challenge 1: Pay with the coinsYou have coins of ₹1, ₹2, ₹3 and ₹5. You need to pay a total amount of ₹35. You should use a to…11 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: What can we pay?A state decided to have only 2 types of coins. A ₹3 coin and a ₹5 coin. They thought it was a g…7 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: The jumping frogA frog jumps along a number line starting at 0. The first jump takes him it 1 unit, the second …4 answers
Week 2
- The Problem
- DIY Challenge 1: Billiards on a 4x5 tableA billiard ball is launched from the bottom left corner of a 4×5 table. Which pocket does it en…7 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: Width fixed at 3If the width of the table is fixed at 3 units and the length is changed , where does the ball e…13 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: Width fixed at 4Now the width of the table is fixed at 4 units and the length is changed , where does the ball …6 answers
- DIY Challenge 4: Testing a claim about half-width tablesA claim was made by [Adithya] in the live session: “If the width of the table is half of the le…3 answers
- DIY Challenge 5: Predicting where the ball endsBy now, you would have tried exploring many different cases with different sized tables. Can yo…
Week 3
- DIY Challenge 1: 9 blue, 16 redCan you create a map that is impossible for the blue party to win. You must use a total of 9 bl…5 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: 10 blue, 15 redCan you create a map that is impossible for the blue party to win. You must use a total of 10 b…4 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: 11 blue, 14 redCan you create a map that is impossible for the blue party to win. You must use a total of 11 b…5 answers
- DIY Challenge 4: 140 voters, 7 districtsIn the following map, there are 140 voters. We need to divide it into 7 districts with 20 voter…2 answers
- DIY Challenge 5: Equal wasted votesCan you divide the shown state in a way that the number of wasted votes of both the parties are…3 answers
Week 4
- DIY Challenge 1: Finding the fake containerThere are 5 containers of with 5 coins each . All containers have coins of weight 5gm , expect …8 answers
- DIY Challenge 2: Finding the fake container, fewer weighingsThere are 5 containers of with 5 coins each . All containers have coins of weight 5gm , expect …3 answers
- DIY Challenge 3: Finding the bonus containerThere are 10 containers of with 10 coins each . All containers have coins of weight 9gm , expec…3 answers
- DIY Challenge 4: 25 cows among 5 sonsA farmer needs to divide 25 cows among 5 sons. The 1st cow gives 1L of milk, the 2nd cow gives …6 answers
- DIY Challenge 5: 100 cows among 100 peopleA farmer needs to divide 100 cows among 100 people. The 1st cow gives 1L of milk, the 2nd cow g…1 answers