PROBLEM # 1

How many cubic inches of dirt are there in a hole that is one foot deep, two feet wide, and three feet long?

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
Find the maximum integer value of N for which N! ends in 2004 zeros.

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 10/07/04

FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1

How many minutes represent ten percent of one full week?

SOLUTION
1008.

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2

Let a # b be defined as the sum of all integers strictly between x and y, where x < y. Find the value of x when:
(80 # 110) + (x # (-81)) = -29.

SOLUTION
-111.

Congratulations to Shravan Gandhi, Sunil Kantaria, Madhu Misra, Rish Naidoo, Srinath Ramakrishnan, Wajida Syed, Bharath Venkataraman and Raj Vishwanathan, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.

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