FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1
How may different ways can five people be seated in seven chairs?

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
What is the probability that when you roll two fair dice, the product of the dice is divisible by four? Please note that rolling a two on the first die and a one on the second die is different than rolling a one on the first die and a two on the second die.

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 04/21/05

FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1
Determine the next number in 77, 49, 36, 18, ____ and provide an explanation of your answer.

SOLUTION
8 (Product of two digits).  

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
If 73 hens lay 73 dozen eggs in 73 days and if 37 hens eat 37 kilograms of wheat in 37 days, what weight of wheat corresponds to 1 dozen eggs?

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