Slippery Snail
A game for two people, who take turns to move the counters. The player to remove the last counter from the board wins.
A game for two people, who take turns to move the counters. The player to remove the last counter from the board wins.
Who's closest to the correct number of sweets in a jar - an individual guess or the average of many individuals' guesses? Which average?
A messenger runs from the rear to the head of a marching column and back. When he gets back, the rear is where the head was when he set off. What is the ratio of his speed to that of the column?
In this short problem, try to find the location of the roots of some unusual functions by finding where they change sign.
This problem explores the range of events in a sports day and which ones are the most popular and attract the most entries.