
Fractions
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Reductant ratios
What does the empirical formula of this mixture of iron oxides tell you about its consituents? -
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The greedy algorithm
The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. The Greedy Algorithm might provide us with an efficient way of doing this.
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Counting fish
I need a figure for the fish population in a lake. How does it help to catch and mark 40 fish?
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More twisting and turning
It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled ropes...