7 thoughts on ““Find my age” puzzles (but with all true facts).”
1. Born on a leap day?
2. No idea. I give up.
3. Oh, g-d, no. Fencepost errors all around! Augustus turned n years old in the year 63 – n BCE (1 in 63-1 = 62 BCE, 2 in 63-2 = 61 BCE, and so on). So in 1 BCE, he turned 62. There is no year zero, so he turned 63 in 1 CE. More generally, he turned 62 + n in the year n CE. So in 14 CE, he turned 62 + 14 = 86 years old? Again, fencepost errors…
4. The square root of 1800 is about 42.4, and the square root of 1900 is about 43.6. The only integer between these is 43, hence de Morgan turned 43 in the year 43^2 = 1849. So he was born in 1806.
5. Oh. There are spoilers. Nevermind. š
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I love how the article turns the āFind My Ageā puzzles into fun, fact-based logic gamesāitās clever, engaging, and erase people in background makes readers feel like theyāre part of a playful little investigation!
1. Born on a leap day?
2. No idea. I give up.
3. Oh, g-d, no. Fencepost errors all around! Augustus turned n years old in the year 63 – n BCE (1 in 63-1 = 62 BCE, 2 in 63-2 = 61 BCE, and so on). So in 1 BCE, he turned 62. There is no year zero, so he turned 63 in 1 CE. More generally, he turned 62 + n in the year n CE. So in 14 CE, he turned 62 + 14 = 86 years old? Again, fencepost errors…
4. The square root of 1800 is about 42.4, and the square root of 1900 is about 43.6. The only integer between these is 43, hence de Morgan turned 43 in the year 43^2 = 1849. So he was born in 1806.
5. Oh. There are spoilers. Nevermind. š
Arg… 62 + 14 is 76, not 86. Why is basic arithmetic so hard?
I somehow misread ‘lived in the 1800s’ for ‘was born in the 1800s’ and figured De Morgan was born in 1892…
I love how the article turns the āFind My Ageā puzzles into fun logic games that are still completely based on factsāitās smart, entertaining, and Curve Rush makes the reader feel like theyāre taking part in a light-hearted investigation!
Traffic Rally places you behind the wheel on a bustling city highway where split-second decisions and razor-sharp reflexes determine whether you cruise to victory or crash into chaos.
I love how the article turns the āFind My Ageā puzzles into fun, fact-based logic gamesāitās clever, engaging, and erase people in background makes readers feel like theyāre part of a playful little investigation!