Wes Carroll Tutoring & Coaching Blog
Podcast – 08: Strawberry ice cream
A friend of mine has pictures of his three daughters on his mantle. He took the pictures when each of the girls was a particularly ...
Podcast – 07: Kiana’s twin brothers
Kiana has two older twin brothers. The product of their three ages is 128. What is the sum of their three ages? // Spiciness: * ...
Podcast – 06: That sounds accurate
You have just tested positive for a condition known to affect 1% of the population. However, your doctor assures you that the test for this ...
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 ...
