Mrs. Shine was having a rough day and wanted a break. So she asked her class to calculate the sum of the first 50 odd numbers. In a few moments, Winifred was at her desk with the correct answer of 2,500. Stunned, Mrs. Shine figured she must have gotten lucky, and sent precocious Winifred back to her seat with the task of finding the sum of the first 75 odd numbers. Again, Winifred returned in seconds with the correct answer (5,625).
How did Winifred find the answer so quickly?
Winifred, being the precocious child she is, realized there was a pattern when computing smaller sums of odd numbers.
First 3: 1 + 3 + 5 = 9
Do you see the pattern like our dear friend Winnie?
For the first n odd numbers, the sum is equal to n2 . Thus the first 50 is 502 , or 2,500, and the first 75 is 752 , or 5,625.
Winifred, being the precocious child she is, realized there was a pattern when computing smaller sums of odd numbers.
First 3: 1 + 3 + 5 = 9
Do you see the pattern like our dear friend Winnie?
For the first n odd numbers, the sum is equal to n2 . Thus the first 50 is 502 , or 2,500, and the first 75 is 752 , or 5,625.
There is a word of letters three,
What is the word?
One. Add an ‘n’ to get none.
One. Add an ‘n’ to get none.
What state is round on one side, high in the middle, and round on the other side?
Ohio. This one works a little better when spoken rather than read, but O is round, hi sounds like high and the last O is as round as the first.
Ohio. This one works a little better when spoken rather than read, but O is round, hi sounds like high and the last O is as round as the first.
I start out the same as others,
What am I?
A pregnant woman is like other women, then the baby forms, and then is delivered.
A pregnant woman is like other women, then the baby forms, and then is delivered.
On a regular 12-hour digital clock how many times would the same three digits in a row be displayed (e.g. 1:11, 11:12, 12:22) in one day?
34 times. These 17 instances will be visible twice in a 24 hour period.
1:11
34 times. These 17 instances will be visible twice in a 24 hour period.
1:11
While driving his car a man slams on the brakes when he sees, in the middle of the street, a diamond studded door, a gold door and a silver door. Which door does he open first?
His car door
A. When a car is driven forwards the wheels rotate counter-clockwise.
A. False – The near-side wheels rotate counter-clockwise, but the far-side wheels rotate clockwise.
A. False – The near-side wheels rotate counter-clockwise, but the far-side wheels rotate clockwise.
A man was working the night shift when he received an urgent phone call, giving him information that caused him to dash home at breakneck speed.
On bursting into his bedroom quite breathless he found his informant was quite correct. His wife was in bed with someone he had never seen before.
However, far from being angry, he greeted them both with a smile and a few hours later brought them both breakfast in bed.
What is the explanation for this odd behavior?
His wife had just given birth.
His wife had just given birth.
What word is the same written forward, backward and upside down?
NOON. The word needs to be a palindrome and made up of only these letters that look the same upside down:
H I N O S X Z
For instance, SOON doesn’t work, because even though each letter looks the same upside down, it reads NOOS.
NOON. The word needs to be a palindrome and made up of only these letters that look the same upside down:
H I N O S X Z
For instance, SOON doesn’t work, because even though each letter looks the same upside down, it reads NOOS.