Thursday, 18 July 2013

Maximize the product

Using the digits 1 up to 9, two numbers must be made. The product of these two numbers should be as large as possible. All digits must be used exactly once.
What are these 2 numbers?

Hole and the Board - 3


A carpet of size 10 by 10 meters should be placed in a room of size 12 by 9 meters. In the center of the room, there is an aquarium of size 8 by 1 meters (see the figure below). The carpet should be cut into no more than two pieces (i.e. one cut in total).

Friday, 14 June 2013

Four Fruits


In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly.

How many of them guessed three fruits correctly?

Subtraction

How many times one can subtract 2 from 32?

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Hole and the Board - 2

Cut this board into only 2 pieces so that they fit into the given hole.