Sorry that I didn't give you all more questions to solve. I was not in Singapore the last few days.
For the last question, most of you get the correct answer which is 875ml. I like the method which most of you used to solve which was "working backwards".
Now for the next question......(more challenging)
A group of gardeners went to cut the grass of 2 plots of land. The larger plot of land was twice the area of the smaller plot. After working on the bigger plot of land for half a day, one half of the gardeners went to work in the smaller plot of land. The rest stayed on the bigger plot and finished cutting the grass in the evening. However, by evening, an area of grass remained uncut in the smaller plot of land. One gardener then took one day to complete the job of cutting the area of uncut grass in the smaller plot of land
How many gardeners were there?
(Leo Tolstoy, 19th century, Russia)
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whoa .
ReplyDeletethis is hard .
i read halfway .
i go dizzy .
is it 6?
ReplyDeleteis this guess and check, Mr Soh??
ReplyDeleteStill thinking...
ReplyDeleteThis question is not easy right? So far none of you can give me an answer. However, I believe you will take up the challenge and find the answer.
ReplyDeleteHazique,
The answer is not 6 and you can try guess and check if you want. However, you will need to do a lot of reasoning to get the answer.
Hint: You can think in terms of rate. Example: If half a group of gardeners plus a group of gardeners can cut the bigger plot of land in one day....then.....
S'pore may have its first unlinked local H1N1 flu case!
ReplyDeleteBut I think it can be any answer.
ReplyDeleteThere are 77 H1N1 cases in Singapore now. What should I do as they say that they might be getting ready to let pupils to do E- Learning!!!
ReplyDeleteThe answer to the question must be a multiple of 2.
ReplyDeleteIt's a multiple of 2 but that's not good enough. Extra hint for u all. It is less than 15 gardeners. Hope to see a solution here soon.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, we are doing sort of e-learning here too. :)
Is the answer 8 or 14?
ReplyDeleteMr Soh, for the flawless vid, the thing was like this:
ReplyDeleteSimon: So, what's the ambition?
Flawless: To chase the dream of the competition.
Ok can you explain further about their reply cause I don't really understand the meaning...
Just to ask, can we have a class t-shirt?
ReplyDeleteclass tee ? for what ?
ReplyDeleteHi Yueling,
ReplyDeleteI remember they said "chase the dream and not the competition"
My interpretation of their statement is this:
They are not really concerned if they win the competition or not. However, they chase their dream which is to dance well and perform for the audience. If they do not win the competition, they will continue to pursue their dream.
So what can we learn from this statement? How do we apply this philosophy in our lives? Can anyone give an example?
Um..If we lose in a competition,we should just take it as an experience and continue to pursue our dreams.Is this right?
ReplyDeletei think the answer is eight
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