All Questions
Tagged with calendar-computations contest-math
2
questions
0
votes
1
answer
44
views
Odds $11$ to $3$ against a month selected randomly containing portions of $6$ different weeks
Here's a problem from my probability textbook:
Show that the odds are eleven to three against a month selected at random containing portions of six different weeks.
Here are some initial thoughts. ...
- 1,415
0
votes
1
answer
131
views
"New Year falls more often on Sundays than on Mondays"
This is a question from a hungarian math contest from the year 1948.
It was Saturday on the 23rd October, 1948. Can one conclude that New Year falls more often on Sundays than on Mondays?
Well, I ...
- 4,794