## Saturday, September 16, 2017

### Digit Frequency

If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 1000 (inclusive) which digit occurs most frequently? Which digit appears least frequently in the same range? Click below for the answers.

## Saturday, September 9, 2017

### Counting Chickens

If one-and-a-half chickens lay one-and-a-half eggs in one-and-a-half days, how many eggs does one chicken lay in one day? Click below for the answer.

## Saturday, September 2, 2017

### Number Sense

How good is your "number sense"? How many of the following can you answer without using a calculator or looking up a conversion factor?
1. Are there more inches in a mile, or Sundays in 1000 years?
2. Are there more seconds in a week, or feet in 100 miles?
3. Are there more millimeters in a mile, or seconds in a month?
4. Which is larger, multiplying all the numbers from 1 to 10, or multiplying just the even numbers from 1 to 16?
5. Which is longer, 666 days or 95 weeks?
6. Which is longer, 666 inches or 55 feet?
7. Which is longer, 666 hours or 28 days?
8. Are there more ounces in a ton or inches in a kilometer?
9. Which is hotter, $0^{\circ}C$ or $0^{\circ}F$?
10. Which is larger, $e^\pi$ or $\pi^e$?