Complete Scrambles

Consider trying to scramble a string of numbers, say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but with the requirement that none of the numbers can end up where they started.  Let’s define this as a complete scramble.

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Flattening Cubes

We want to flatten the outer shell of a cube without tearing or stretching the surface.

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Cube Solids

For all questions in this problem, let’s ignore the effects of gravity, which means higher unit cubes can float in space without lower unit cubes to support them.

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Triangle Average Divider

Let’s say instead of “bisecting” the triangle, we draw a line from the top vertex to the base with a length that is the average of the remaining two sides...

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Triangle Bisectors

Let’s start with a right triangle with a height of 1 unit and consider two ways of dividing it into two triangles.

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Covering Squares

We choose one space in a rectangular grid made of unit squares, and we count the number of squares or rectangles that cover this space.

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Mirror Functions

Let’s consider all real valued functions whose inverse is the function itself.  Since the graphs of these functions are their own mirror images across the line y=x, let’s define these functions as mirror functions.

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Counting Rectangles Extended

Continuing from last week’s problem about counting squares, let’s look at the related problem of counting the number of rectangles in a grid, with extensions

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Counting Squares Extended

Consider the widely known problem of counting the number of squares in a square grid.  Today we will try to extend the problem.

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