Interesting Numbers

I have not found a special name for these two numbers, other than their description.  They are equal to the sum of their digits raised to its reversed digits power.

48,625 = 4⁵ + 8² + 6⁶ + 2⁸ + 5⁴.  

397,612 = 3² + 9¹ + 7⁶ + 6⁷ +1⁹ + 2³.  

These are the only two numbers that I have found with this property (other than 1, which is a trivial example).

REFERENCE:
http://oeis.org/A048341

Mr. B's Brain-O Quiz Number 8

Mr. B’s “BRAIN-O” Quiz

Guaranteed to unclog clogged up brains!

NAME:__________________ DATE:____________ PERIOD:________

Directions: Carefully read and answer the following questions.  Print you answer clearly in the box next to each question.  Questions are worth one zillion nano bonus point each.  However, if you get all five correct, we will double the points for a total of ten zillion nano bonus points.

1.		What letter is next in this series: W, L, I, N, I, T, ...?
2.		How can the letters in NOR DO WE be rearranged to form one word?
3.		Using any combination of parentheses and the operation symbols +, -, x, and ÷), how can you arrange the numbers 6, 6, 6, 6, and 6 into a mathematical expression equal to 54?
4.		Picture a map of the United States in your head.  Because of time zone changes, different places start a new date at different times.  You are standing on the piece of the United States that will enter the 22nd century first.  What state are you standing in?
5.		The man who makes it doesn’t want it; the man who buys it doesn’t use it; the man who uses it never sees it.  What is it?

Don’t dwell on what went wrong.  Instead, focus on what to do next. 
Spend your energies on moving forward, toward finding the answer.

- Denis Waitley

WARNING: For Educational Purposes Only.

Please do not attempt to answer any of these questions

unless you are willing to learn something.

Mr. B’s “Brain-O” Quiz, Volume 1, page 8

Solutions will be posted on Monday.

David

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am taking the day off for Thanksgiving.  Well, I'm going to work and relax.

In the morning I am going to partake in the national sport of recreational mathematicians - fishing!  You may not be aware of this recent trend in recreation for recreational mathematics, but if you think about it and learn one secret you can easily understand why it has become so popular.  I get my pole and tackle box together and walk down to the lake and grab a spot on the end of the dock.  Then I take my pole, cut the hook off the line, and cast it out into the lake.  Now the people up at the house can see I am "fishing" so they don't come down to bother me, cuz they don't want to "scare the fish away".  And the fish don't bother me, cuz there is no hook or bait on the line.  In the mean time I can ponder mathematics, or work on my geometry or calculus problems.  I usually have a few dogs that interrupt me from time to time - but they know that there is only one thing more important than fishing and more important that pondering mathematics and that is scratching a dogs ears and rubbing his/her belly. It makes for a peaceful and enjoyable morning with nature.

In the afternoon I will be in charge of frying turkeys again this year - one or two for the table, and 4 or 5 for guests to take home.  No big problem cuz I like fried turkey, and I don't mind being out side of the house when the inside of the house gets crowded.  I wave and say hi to everyone as they come in.

Well, I guess there are many ways of celebrating Thanksgiving.  However you celebrate I hope that you have an enjoyable day

Solutions to Fridays Brain-O Quiz

Solution to Fridays Brain-O Quiz.

1.  Mules can’t have babies.

2.  Your name.

3.  He throws it straight up.

4.  Envelope.

5.  Both boxers are women.

David

 

Mr. B's Brain-O Quiz Number 7

Mr. B’s “BRAIN-O” Quiz

Guaranteed to unclog clogged up brains!

NAME:__________________ DATE:____________ PERIOD:________

Directions: Carefully read and answer the following questions.  Print you answer clearly in the box next to each question.  Questions are worth one zillion nano bonus point each.  However, if you get all five correct, we will double the points for a total of ten zillion nano bonus points.

1.		A goat’s baby is called a kid.  A cow’s baby is called a calf.  A horse’s baby is called a colt or a foal.  What is a mule’s baby called?
2.		What do your friends use more than you, even though it belongs to you?
3.		Professional baseball pitchers can throw curve balls that break as much as 3 feet.  Mr. B can throw a baseball and make it curve so much that after traveling a short distance the ball will stop, reverse direction and return to him.  How can he do this?
4.		What word starts with an “e”, and ends with and “e”, and contains only one letter?
5.		Two boxers are in a boxing ring.  They are scheduled for 12 rounds, but the fight ends after only 6 rounds after one boxer knocks out the other boxer.  Yet no man throws a punch.  How is that possible?

The best way to make sure you get at least one good idea,
is to make sure you get a lot of ideas.

- Unknown

WARNING: For Educational Purposes Only.

Please do not attempt to answer any of these questions

unless you are willing to learn something.

Mr. B’s “Brain-O” Quiz, Volume 1, page 7

Solutions will be posted on Monday.

David