Mathematics

Tower of Hanoi

Tower of Hanoi is a one-player game using three vertical rods and a number of disks, all of different diameters.  The goal of the game is to move the entire pile of disks onto one of the other two pegs.

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Number Bases

The standard number system we use today is called decimal numbers, or base 10, meaning at every digit, we count to 9 before carrying one to the next smallest digit.

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Continued Fractions

A continued fraction is a way to represent any real number as a sequence of integers by writing down the integer part of the real number and taking the reciprocal of the remaining part at each iteration.

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Perfect Numbers

A perfect number is a natural number that is equal to the sum of all of its proper divisors (divisors that are less than the number itself).  For example, 6 is the smallest perfect number because its proper divisors, 1, 2, and 3, add up to exactly 6.

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Splitting LCMs (reworded)

Consider all pairs of natural numbers that add to 9, which pair has the largest possible Least Common Multiple?

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Triangular and Trapezoidal Numbers

Triangular numbers and trapezoidal numbers are both natural numbers that can be expressed as the sum of more than one consecutive natural numbers.

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Connected Lights

Lights connected in a string or a loop, each attached to a switch that will change the state of the light itself and its neighbours when pressed.

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