Showing posts with label puzzle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puzzle. Show all posts

Friday, January 05, 2007

Simple puzzles

The Birthday Problem
The birthday problem asks how many people you need to have at a party so that there is a better-than-even chance that two of them will share the same birthday

The Children Puzzle
I tell you that a couple has two children and that (at least) one of them is a boy. I ask you what is the probability that their other child is a boy.

for solutions refer to

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4542341

Saturday, December 30, 2006

A Quick Teaser

Each child in a family has at least 5 brothers and 4 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?