TagMonday Microsofties
Monday Micro Softy 30: Driving a Cement Mixer
Why did the car with leaky tires suddenly start handling like a cement mixer, and then, just as suddenly, handle normally again?
Monday Micro Softy 29: A Funeral Lament in Four Lines
The funeral director was puzzled by Dan’s description of his relationship to the deceased but there was no question that his grief was sincere
Monday Micro Softy 26: Arguing with Pythagoras
Will the diagonal of a triangle with sides of 3 and 4 feet be 5 feet or, as a visiting mathematician suggests, 7 feet?
Monday Micro Softy 23: Barnum’s Circus Receipts
Circus master Barnum's ticket seller had not kept proper track of the tickets sold. Can the limited information — and some algebra — help Barnum figure it out?
Monday Micro Softy 22: Can There Be Two Daddies?
The solution to last week’s puzzler lies in things we can do with binary numbers
Micro Softy 20: Which Bottle Holds the Deadly Fentanyl?
You can find out the answer, using advanced technology — but there is a price
Monday Microsofty 16: The Leaky Bucket
The puzzler must decide where to place the hole for maximum distance of outward flow. And explain how the problem would change on the Moon