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Article #361Re: Nice problem for imaginative students
From: Bernie Ivens
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:30
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:30
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In article <1992Nov12.222818.7106@nntp.uoregon.edu> Tom Scavo, scavo@cie.uoregon.edu writes: >A chicken lays eggs. On the first day, she lays a single egg. >On the following days, she lays twice as many eggs as she did >the day before plus one. How many eggs does the chicken lay >on the sixth day? > >>I showed this problem to an eleventh grade student-quite bright- and he >>was able to come up with the answer the next day. > >But how did he arrive at the solution? There are probably many >different ways to solve this problem---all useful. > >-- >Tom Scavo >scavo@cie.uoregon.edu Bernie Ivens The Geometry Forum School Liason Swarthmore College, PA ivens@forum.swarthmore.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!umn.edu!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!nuntius From: ivens@forum.swarthmore.edu (Bernie Ivens) Newsgroups: k12.ed.math Subject: Re: Nice problem for imaginative students Message-ID: <RJ5SBMFB@cc.swarthmore.edu> Date: 13 Nov 92 21:30:54 GMT References: <3V2SB7F6@cc.swarthmore.edu> Sender: news@cc.swarthmore.edu (USENET News System) Organization: The Geometry Forum Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: mac17.dupont1b.swarthmore.edu X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1