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Podcast - 19: The token tax

Podcast – 19: The token tax

A game is played with tokens according to the following rule. In each round, the player with the most tokens gives one token to each ...
Podcast - 18: The circular track

Podcast – 18: The circular track

Brenda and Sally run in opposite directions on a circular track, starting at diametrically opposite points. They first meet after Brenda has run 100 meters ...
Podcast - 17: The red one

Podcast – 17: The red one

My perpetually tricky friend told me that while she was walking through town she saw four particularly vibrant houses. There was an auburn one, a ...
Podcast - 16: In 80 days

Podcast – 16: In 80 days

A friend of mine told me that she can walk a mile south, a mile east, a mile north and end up back home. I ...
Podcast - 15: Coats of paint

Podcast – 15: Coats of paint

Working alone, I put two coats of paint on a wall, one before lunch and one after. Yesterday, I began at the usual time. Two ...
Podcast - 14: O gnats, tango!

Podcast – 14: O gnats, tango!

Earlier this week I was rob...er...exploring tombs and I accidently triggered a trap that locked me in a room. With me are a pair of ...
Wes tutoring a student

What The SAT Tests

I can't make this stuff up: three days after I reposted my 2012 essay in response to an article by a grown-up taking the SAT, ...
Podcast - 13: Order of operands

Podcast – 13: Order of operands

Cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result by 9. Instead, she subtracted 9 and ...
Take It Like A Grown-Up

Take It Like A Grown-Up

A few years ago, a 35-year-old took the SAT and wrote about the experience. I responded with the essay below, which I think is relevant ...
Podcast - 12: One light switch

Podcast – 12: One light switch

For years you were a lonely prisoner here. But earlier today, you were brought to a courtyard to join the others, where you are all ...