Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 some problems from math class 1. How can half of 12 be 7 2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? 3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? 4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? 5. How is the moon like a pound? 6. which 4 digit number beggining with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brandonb Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 some problems from math class 1. How can half of 12 be 7 2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? 3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? 4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? 5. How is the moon like a pound? 6. which 4 digit number beggining with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz) 1. 1/2 of roman numeral 12 becomes 7 when bisected. 2. 10 (or, the trees are not on the street, they are on the sides) 3. 20 4. A 1ft long iguana (stretch), lol, I dunno 5. pound of swiss cheese? (craters?) 6. including 1 or itself? - 2222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 some problems from math class 1. How can half of 12 be 7 2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? 3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? 4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? 5. How is the moon like a pound? 6. which 4 digit number beggining with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz) 1. Write 12 in roman number XII, and divide it into two halves by a horizontal line ==> VII 2. 10 trees 3. 10+10=20 4. bed 5. -- 6. 2026 (I think this question has more than one solutions, 2042 can also make it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 1. 1/2 of roman numeral 12 becomes 7 when bisected. 2. 10 (or, the trees are not on the street, they are on the sides) 3. 20 4. A 1ft long iguana (stretch), lol, I dunno 5. pound of swiss cheese? (craters?) 6. including 1 or itself? - 2222 got 1, 2 and 3 4 and 5 were wrong. maybe i didnt explain 6 well enough the answer is a 4 digit number that has 4 factors - 1,2,itself and half itself all the digits in it are even though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 (edited) doesnt matter about 6 now good job brhan oh and 4 is correct aswell Edited April 12, 2008 by andreay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 maybe 5 is a bit hard to understand because im british How is the moon like a doller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 some problems from math class 1. How can half of 12 be 7 2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? 3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? 4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? 5. How is the moon like a pound? 6. which 4 digit number beginning with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz) 1. IDK 2. 10 (5 on each side) 3. 11 4. a dinner table for ants 5. IDK 6. 20.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 1. IDK 2. 10 (5 on each side) 3. 11 4. a dinner table for ants 5. IDK 6. 20.00 good idea with the decimals for 6 but 20 is divisible by 1,2,4,5,10,20 which is 6 factors not 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 1. How can half of 12 be 7 XII bisected through middle horizontally 2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? None on the road, but 5 on each side 3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? guesing one, or with other if digits used 19 4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? and a head in a bed, where i lay mine 5. How is the moon like a pound? dunno 6. which 4 digit number beggining with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz) b]dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 all have been answered correctly apart from number 5. How is the moon like a dollar? think money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 (edited) 1. How can half of 12 be 7 Roman numerals: XII = 12 VII = 7 (Cut XII in half, horizontally, to get VII) 2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? 10 trees. see below. T__________T__________T__________T__________T T__________T__________T__________T__________T 3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? 20. Same as every other digit except 0. 4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? A bed 5. How is the moon like a pound? I have no idea. 6. which 4 digit number beggining with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz) 2222? wild guess. i hate maths. Edit to add spoiler. Edited April 12, 2008 by Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 (edited) all have been answered correctly apart from number 5. How is the moon like a dollar? think money They both have had old Americans on them. Edited April 12, 2008 by DarkChild of Mercury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 They both have had old Americans on them. But that doesn't work for a pound, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 But that doesn't work for a pound, does it? Never seen one, so I'm not sure. I guess not, since a pound is British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Never seen one, so I'm not sure. I guess not, since a pound is British. nice idea DarkChild but the old americans wasnt what i was looking for. the pound thing was my fault as i'm British i worded my previous post about it a bit wrong. number 5. is How is the moon like a dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 How is the moon like a dollar? They both go down in the West daily (as in the value of a dollar in the Western Hemisphere (U.S.)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Number 5. is How is the moon like a dollar Change the currencey or change the answer.. this makes no cents, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 i feel another hint is in order for number 5. think about values of the money and try to relate them to the moon in someway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Got it...They both have 4 quarters!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 referred to in terms of fractions? half moon, half dollar, quarter, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Got it...They both have 4 quarters!!! well done DarkChild maybe my last hint gave it away a bit a doller is made of 4 quarters - obvious to you Americans:P the moons visible phases are measures in "quarters" - crescent, half, gibbous moon, full moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 well done DarkChild maybe my last hint gave it away a bit a doller is made of 4 quarters - obvious to you Americans:P the moons visible phases are measures in "quarters" - crescent, half, gibbous moon, full moon Well, my dollars are made out of 20 nickels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 You didn't give it away... I just sat and thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Well, my dollars are made out of 20 nickels. and how much money do you have if you have just 5 nickels... and don't say 25 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 That of course is a quarter-dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 That of course is a quarter-dollar which funnily enough is the answer to question five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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some problems from math class
1. How can half of 12 be 7
2. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street?
3. How many 9's are there between 1 and 100?
4. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot?
5. How is the moon like a pound?
6. which 4 digit number beggining with 2 made up of even numbers has only 4 factors ( 2xyz)
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