Puzzle 26

Hi!

Sorry for this month-late blog post...

This was partly due to the reason I got carried away by Minecraft...

and the rest is because I've just about to run dry of good puzzles *shocks* *horror*

So the fate of this bi-weekly puzzle posts remain unclear... but for now its secure... for now.

Alright enough of those horror stories (i.e. reality)... time for puzzle 26!

OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS

Difficulty: Medium

Prove that 98 X 60 is equal to 774.

That was oddly short... but it maybe rather easy for some of you.

Now for the long-awaited (apparently very long) answer to Puzzle 25... Drag your mouse over the empty space below to reveal the answer!

This one ought not be too tough unless your mind is very rigid to the pattern.

The shortest duration between 2 alarms is 47 minutes, which is between 23:23 and 0:00.


:)
Glen

Puzzle 25

Hi!

It's been so long since the last post... due to EOYs... and now it's over! :D
Alright, time for the next puzzle... To be kind to your tortured minds after all that long days of studying I shall make this puzzle easy :)

Oh right! And read the following disclaimer before starting:

Any similarities to actual people are NOT purely coincidental. Viewer discretion is not advised.

ALARM CLOCKS

Difficulty: Easy


After Shawn's previous clock spoiled (one of its minute "lights" wasn't functioning), the one that Uncle Bob bought for $10 000, Aunt Polly bought him a 24-hour alarm clock.

Unfortunately, it has the habit of sounding its alarm whenever the hour value is equal to the minute value (i.e. It rings at 1:01, 2:02, 3:03, 4:04 etc.).

What is the shortest duration between two alarms?


Please remember to post your answers as comments! :)
Now for the long-awaited answer to Puzzle 25! In case you have forgotten after so many weeks, drag your mouse over the empty space below to reveal the answer!

1) As Po Chien clearly demonstrated, when you cut 8 into half vertically, you get a 3!

2) Now for the more tricky one... 9 in Roman numerals is IX. So when you cut this into half horizontally, you get IV, which is 4 in Roman numerals! :P


:)
Valley

hello (:

hello 1K!

(to international readers, today was interclass, a form of sports between classes in Dunman High School)

haha, even though we lost at interclass today, it's okay right? cause we did our best and it's just that others were better (: let's excel in other areas, like academics (: AS LONG AS IT'S A CLASS. hehe. so yeahh. HOPE EVERYONE HAD FUN (:

@Emily: HAHA. wE LOST BOTH MATCHES :(

PLEASE READ YOUR E-MAILS FOR SHERLYN'S MAIL :D

so yes, that concludes this day. haha. think about it, we had fun. and yes, we get no class league points LOL.

HAHA. anyway, I CAN'T WAIT for the PEAs.

BYE.

- 93

yay (:

congratulations to 1K having the kind-of-active blog! and yay. end of examinations.

i totally didn't feel like screaming cause that would have no effect on my results and my happiness. anyway, we made it (:

haha. jiayou for interclass tomorrow, although our confidence level is currently 4 out of 10. WOW. hahas. don't be disheartened, miracles happen~ so let's hope the referee looks out for them stepping and camping with the ball. haha.

-looks forward to EOEOYEA- END OF END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS ACTIVITIES~

WOW. haha.

okay. bye.

- 62

hello (:

decided to take time off science. actually, for you guys to be in 1K, you guys must be AMAZING. kay whatever. just some study tips for science.

science is like... ENDLESS memorising. hahas. there's a girl from another class who mugged the phrasing for formation of volcanoes, forgot the words "crustal movement" and ended up losing 15 marks. SEE WHAT I MEAN. memorising is useless. if you listen in class, understand what teacher said, no writing of notes, no exam mugging. ENDLESS RELAXATION. it's like, WHO MUGS IN KINDERGARTEN TO LEARN THE ALPHABET SONG? cause seriously, understanding the song makes it so easy. yeah. understand how cells work. understand how radiation works. picturing it out. you seriously can't memorise every single question in the world. no use learning them again. its like sherlyn (p.s.) asking "how to study for maths to answer the bonus questions?" thing is, YOU CAN'T. it's all about understanding how things work, how things go about. you see, that's all.

psychologically, watching television for 2 hours the day before a test helps, because it relaxes your mind. if you think last-minute cramming works, you'll end up forgetting everything. relax, tell yourself you've done your best. oh, staring around at the classroom helps, cause it refreshes past memories of us learning, for example when mr seow opens his laptop with 2 fingers.everything just comes back. yay.

so yup. if you don't want to read everything up there, just read this. START RELAXING.

and that ends my post.

thank you.

-74

11th Oct 2011

its the Maths paper of terror tmr! >< hope dat all of us can finish in time!

Oh gosh. 2 more days... srsly, im close to a breakdown and so sian of studying Dx who isnt?

And today is also charlene's b'dae! So...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLENE!!! :DDD

k, back to mugging.......................

The one dat loves kejuju,
Sherlyn Lim

HISTORY IS OVER!!!

YAY!!! HISTORY IS FINALLY OVER!!! ok, ._. theres still like 4 more papers but still...



HISTORY IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


K, weekends to replenish energy before returning to the battle >< c'mon ppl! give it ur best and we'll enjoy ourselves in... *counts using fingers* 6 days! (or seven, if u count today) :DDD

-abrupt end-

The one that loves kejuju,
Sherlyn Lim

LA EOY (paper 1)

Yes. i do noe dat i have my HCL EOY tmr. (like every other dunmanian)
No. i dunno why im i still posting when i should b studying.

Ok. actually, i jus felt dat i have to post today cos it's de first day of our EOY

!!!

and also bcos i havent posted for a long time >< (thou now is not rly a good time to post)
But mainly, i jus feel that we have to rmb today cos when we look back, it'll be another memory (lol i sound so cheesy :P)
But anw! LA IS FINALLY OVER!!! well, at least for AF :DDD no more napoleon! woohoo~ Ok, i think quite alot of ppl think dat they hav not done very well for their paper (dat includes me) but well, its over lerhs, so no point thinking abt it anymore :')

Anw, sth happened so i jus wanna wish bryan good luck and hope that everything will end up fine :) (i shall not explain too much here cos i dunno if he wants others to noe :x) but nevertheless, DONT WORRY, i dun think they'll b dat cruel ><

last but not least! jiayous for de rest of de exam! ONE DOWN, SIX TO GO

the-one-dat-loves-kejuju-and-is-currently-in-stressed-mode-but-dunno-why-am-i-still-blogging,
Sherlyn Lim

Update at 8.50pm: Ok, chan ming insisted that i tell her to jiayou too cos shes facing the possibility that the last part of her essay might be cancelled out. so...
JIAYOU MING! DONT WORRY! THE TEACHERS ARE KIND :DDD