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  2. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    There seems to be a discrepancy, as there cannot be two answers ($29 and $30) to the math problem. On the one hand it is true that the $25 in the register, the $3 returned to the guests, and the $2 kept by the bellhop add up to $30, but on the other hand, the $27 paid by the guests and the $2 kept by the bellhop add up to only $29.

  3. Millennium Prize Problems - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. The Clay Institute has pledged a US$ 1 million prize for the first correct solution to each problem. The Clay Mathematics Institute officially designated the title Millennium Problem for the seven unsolved ...

  4. Talk:Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    The bellhop has 2 dollars which is subtracted from the total amount paid to the hotel of $27, as this was stolen by the bellhop from the $27 the guests had "paid" to the hotel. If the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?" By copying the problem word for word, readers can know exactly where the misdirection was made.

  5. Wheat and chessboard problem - Wikipedia

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    The problem may be solved using simple addition. With 64 squares on a chessboard, if the number of grains doubles on successive squares, then the sum of grains on all 64 squares is: 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ... and so forth for the 64 squares. The total number of grains can be shown to be 2 64 −1 or 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 (eighteen quintillion ...

  6. Hundred Fowls Problem - Wikipedia

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    Hundred Fowls Problem. The Hundred Fowls Problem is a problem first discussed in the fifth century CE Chinese mathematics text Zhang Qiujian suanjing (The Mathematical Classic of Zhang Qiujian), a book of mathematical problems written by Zhang Qiujian. It is one of the best known examples of indeterminate problems in the early history of ...

  7. Word problem (mathematics education) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, if the one solving the math word problem has a limited understanding of the language (English, Spanish, etc.) they are more likely to not understand what the problem is even asking. In Example 1 (above), if one does not comprehend the definition of the word "spent," they will misunderstand the entire purpose of the word problem.

  8. St. Petersburg paradox - Wikipedia

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    The St. Petersburg paradox or St. Petersburg lottery[1] is a paradox involving the game of flipping a coin where the expected payoff of the lottery game is infinite but nevertheless seems to be worth only a very small amount to the participants. The St. Petersburg paradox is a situation where a naïve decision criterion that takes only the ...

  9. Improper fraction - Wikipedia

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