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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Progressive Triplets
This week’s Puzzle of the Week is simply stated, but could use some explanation (or at least translation from math to English.) Simply stated, this week’s puzzle is to find the non-unique, two-digit...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Progressive Triplets
This week’s puzzle, as previously posted: Simply stated, this week’s puzzle is to find the non-unique, two-digit cumulative differences between the squares of descending triplets of arithmetic...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Squared Roots
Numbers are, for the most part, made up of other numbers. Prime numbers (2, 3, 7, etc.) are simple, in that they make up themselves — they have no non-trivial factors, and can only be divided by the...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Squared Roots
As presented, here is this past week’s puzzle: Numbers are, for the most part, made up of other numbers. Prime numbers (2, 3, 7, etc.) are simple, in that they make up themselves — they have no...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Math Trolls
Nora getting ready for her trip. Nora is taking a trip to visit her Grandmother in northernmost New York State this week, to bring her some freshly picked berries. On the way there, she has to cross a...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution: Math Trolls
Nora made it successfully to her Grandmother’s house with at least 1000 berries, enough for quite a few pies. Here is the puzzle as presented earlier this week: Nora is taking a trip to visit her...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Palindromic Sums of Squares
Are there more than 40 squares here? If you have been on Facebook at all over the last year, you have probably seen the “puzzle” where there is a grid, and the question reads “How many squares do you...
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution: Palindromic Sums of Squares
This past week’s puzzle, as posted: 8 + 18 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 40 squares! If you have been on Facebook at all over the last year, you have probably seen the “puzzle” where there is a grid, and the question...
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