Posts by Wes Carroll
Podcast – 05: Ted’s three statements
Ted has three numbered statement for us to consider, and he wants to know whether the third one is true. Here they are: // 1 ...
Podcast – 04: Many stuffie lines
You have four stuffed animals. You line up three of them at a time, always single file. How many distinct lineups are possible? // Bonus ...
Podcast – 03: Two square dice
(Errata alert! This episode was re-uploaded with a correction on Monday March 28 at 10am PST. The corrected version is 6m04s long; the old one ...
Podcast – 02: Glass half full?
I have two cylindrical glasses that, when full, hold the same amount of water. The short glass has a radius that is half again as ...
Podcast – 01: Peyton’s great score
Welcome to the podcast! Here are the rules, and the first puzzle. // Mr. Patrick teaches math to 15 students. He was grading tests and ...
Stanley Kaplan, RIP
I have plenty of criticisms of what's taught under the Kaplan name these days, but there's no denying that, love it or hate it, the ...
Team Codex Goes Down
...as my team, Beginner's Luck, wins the 2009 MIT Mystery Hunt in 63 hours, 2 minutes. Check out some snarky and fun coverage of the ...
Some Call It The Brain Olympics
...but I call it the MIT Mystery Hunt. (I also call it my January vacation.)Wish me luck. If you see that "Beginner's Luck" won in ...
Using Game Theory To Beat The SAT
Sure enough, game theory is a useful tool to have in one's toolbox when setting out to ace the SAT. This short article does a ...
I Don’t Care Whether You’re Smart. I Only Care How Hard You Try
Carol Dweck hits the nail on the head. You might think that "you're so smart!" is a good thing to say to someone. You'd be ...
