PROBLEM # 1

Seema celebrated her 14th birthday on September 10, 2000. How old would she be if weekends (Saturday and Sunday) did not contribute to her age?

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
Consider the integers from 1 to 10,000,000,000. What is the number of integers that include the digit 1.

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 07/01/04

FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1

A person was born on July 4, 30 B.C. and died on July 4, 30 A.D. How many years did the person live?

SOLUTION
60 years.

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2

Determine the sum of all positive six-digit numbers. Please provide the exact value!

SOLUTION
494,999,550,000.

Congratulations A. Balu, S. Bansal, V. Joshi, D. Prabhu, D. Ranjan, A. Shenai, M. Sheshadri, W. Syed and B. Venkataraman, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.

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