Maths quiz

[cisamcgu]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7699000/7699177.stm

Bloomin' tricky



Andrew

 

[JamesAC]

I scored 4/5 .. guessed the last one, though. Would have got the one about the motorbike, too, if I could tell my + from my - !!

James

 

[marinyork]

His last programme is still available on iPlayer.

 

[Melvil]

I just answered the exact opposite to what I thought was right and scored 4/5!

 

[Over The Hill]

I am fairly sure the bike one has a fault in the answer but cannot pin it down.

The cube one is wrong. If you cut a cube in half through opposite corners (or I think anywhere) you can only cut through four sides you cannot cut through six at once.

 

[gratts]

Most of that was bollocks.

 

[PrettyboyTim]

I am fairly sure the bike one has a fault in the answer but cannot pin it down.

The cube one is wrong. If you cut a cube in half through opposite corners (or I think anywhere) you can only cut through four sides you cannot cut through six at once.

That's what I thought. I don't see how a straight cut could intersect with all six faces.

 

[simoncc]

A mathematical biker decides to sell his bike. The advert says the bike costs £1000 + half its price. How much is the bike?

How much does he really want to sell the bike might be a better question.

 

[Paulus]

Hmmm, a miserable 1 for me, although I also think that a couple of answers are a little odd

 

[Mr Pig]

I got zero! :0)

I still don't get the one about the bike price and the cube one is right by the way. You need to get a cube and look at it.

 

[User482]

The bike question is correct, but ambiguously expressed.

 

[4F]

Hmmm, a miserable 1 for me, although I also think that a couple of answers are a little odd

1 here as well

 

[Aperitif]

I got three - a prize bleedin' idiot arises!

 

[Madcyclist]

I'm not confessing how many i got right !!

I grabbed an old Rubiks cube out of a cupboard and at least got that one right, trouble is I haven't put it down since LOL

 

[gavintc]

Got 3/5, but like others the cube one irritated me.