To a 17-digit number add a number written with the same digits, but in reverse order. Prove that at least one digit of the resulting sum is even.
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There are 5 kinds of cups, 4 kinds of saucers, and 2 kinds of spoons in the "Everything for Tea" store. How many ways can you buy in this store:
1) a set of a cup, saucer, and spoon?
2) a set consisting of two different items?
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1) a set of a cup, saucer, and spoon?
2) a set consisting of two different items?
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Combinatorics
branch of discrete mathematics
Let's call a natural number "cute" if only even digits occur in its record. How many four-digit "cute" numbers are there?
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A soccer team needs to choose a captain and a deputy captain. How many ways can this be done? (There are 11 players on the soccer team.)
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There are 25 students in the class. How many ways can you choose two people to be on duty?
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The alphabet of the Mumbo Yumbo tribe consists of three letters: A, B and C. A word is any sequence of no more than 4 letters. How many words are there in the Mumbo Yumbo language?
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Mumbo jumbo (phrase)
English phrase
The menu in the school cafeteria does not change and consists of 10 dishes. For a change Oliver wants to order every day a set of dishes that he has never ordered before (the number of dishes does not matter, he can order all 10 dishes, or he can order only one, or none at all). How many days can he eat like that?
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Cafeteria
food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service
Write out all sets of three digits, each of which is equal to 1, 2 or 3, if the order of the digits is unimportant (i.e. sets 112 and 121 are considered the same).
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The box contains blue, red, and green pencils. There are 20 in all. There are 6 times as many blue pencils as green pencils, and fewer red pencils than blue. How many red pencils are in the box?
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In January of some year there were 4 Mondays and 4 Fridays. What day of the week could be the 20th of this month?
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9%
Sunday
17%
Monday
9%
Tuesday
13%
Wednesday
22%
Thursday
9%
Friday
22%
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There are dominoes in the box. The figure shows only how the halves of the dominoes are arranged, but the borders are not shown. Determine how they pass.
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A flock of one-headed centipedes and three-headed dragons was flying. Together they had 648 legs and 39 heads. How many legs does a dragon have?
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There are 17 parallels and 24 meridians on the globe.
How many parts is the surface of the globe divided into?
ℹ️ Meridian is an arc connecting the North Pole with the South Pole.
Parallel is a circle parallel to the equator (the equator is also a parallel).
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How many parts is the surface of the globe divided into?
ℹ️ Meridian is an arc connecting the North Pole with the South Pole.
Parallel is a circle parallel to the equator (the equator is also a parallel).
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Globe
scale model of a celestial body
Cut the board shown in the picture into 4 equal parts so that each of them contains exactly 3 shaded cells.
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Cut the figure shown in the figure into two parts, from which you can fold a triangle.
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Say there are 100 prisoners numbered 1 to 100. Slips of paper containing each of their numbers are randomly placed in 100 boxes in a sealed room. One at a time, each prisoner is allowed to enter the room and open any 50 of the 100 boxes, searching for their number. And afterwards, they must leave the room exactly as they found it, and they can't communicate in any way with the other prisoners. If all 100 prisoners find their own number during their turn in the room, they will all be freed. But if even one of them fails to find their number, they will all be executed. The prisoners are allowed to strategize before any of them goes into the room. So what is their best strategy?
🎞 In this video, popular science channel Veritasium's Derek Muller explains the riddle by putting the probability into perspective and dives deeper to make sure the viewers can understand it fully.
🎞 In this video, popular science channel Veritasium's Derek Muller explains the riddle by putting the probability into perspective and dives deeper to make sure the viewers can understand it fully.
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The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know The Answer
The 100 Prisoners Riddle feels completely impossible even once you know the answer. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subnoscription.
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We call a pair of dominoes 1×2 harmonious if they form a 2×2 square.
Is there a partition of an 8×8 board into dominoes that has exactly one harmonious pair?
Is there a partition of an 8×8 board into dominoes that has exactly one harmonious pair?
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68%
Yes
32%
No
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A quadrilateral with side lengths 1, 1, 1 and 2, two of which are parallel, is divided into four identical shapes. As a result, the upper side is divided into four segments. Find the ratio of the length of the larger segment to the smaller one.
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