GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Consecutive Collatz Conjecture Counts
What number under 10^7 starts the largest “run” of consecutive Collatz Conjecture step counts? The answer could be worth a $50 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate!
Continue ReadingWhat number under 10^7 starts the largest “run” of consecutive Collatz Conjecture step counts? The answer could be worth a $50 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate!
Continue ReadingWho won this week’s $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate by unscrambling a few founding father and other famous figures from the 18th century?
Continue ReadingAs we approach the Fourth of July, I thought that it would be appropriate to celebrate our Found Fathers and selected figures from the Revolutionary War period the best way that I can — honoring them in the GeekDad Puzzle of the Week.
Continue ReadingDid you get the right count of non-unique, two-digit cumulative differences between the squares of descending triplets of arithmetic sequences?
Continue ReadingThis week’s puzzle is short to state, but hard to solve: How many non-unique, two-digit cumulative differences between the squares of descending triplets of arithmetic sequences are there?
Continue ReadingCatching up on our puzzle solutions!
Continue ReadingHappy Easter to those who celebrate, and a happy Sunday all around. After the annual family egg hunt, I thought that perhaps Nora was trying to tell me something about her favorite type of candy when I saw that she left me a coded message. Can you determine her favorite type of confection by decyphering the […]
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