Title: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 05, 2014, 11:50:30 AM Im not sure if this is related to math or fractals at all but here's a little dice-game I want to share and look if there are people who can find the right answer:
It has three ''rules'': -The scores around the hole. -The teacher never lies. -Never trust the dices. So now is the question, how many points are this: (http://i.imgur.com/E2QLOOX.png) If you know it please post your answer(s). Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: simon.snake on December 05, 2014, 04:45:40 PM Judging by the number of answers that have been posted compared to the number of views the post has had, I guess it's pretty difficult.
I'm not even sure where to begin :-) Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 05, 2014, 05:14:41 PM Just guess or wait untill someone else posts. To help you ill say that its not 5.
Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: youhn on December 05, 2014, 05:22:25 PM 8 or 12, depending on the belief in imaginary holes?
Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 05, 2014, 06:11:53 PM 8 or 12, depending on the belief in imaginary holes? 8 is right. What about those imaginary holes? 8+0i or 0+8i ? Or something else? :) Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: Sockratease on December 05, 2014, 10:41:44 PM Judging by the number of answers that have been posted compared to the number of views the post has had... It's best to never even try to compare such things. There are many web robots that view every thread. Google has legions of them, Yahoo has an army, and even microsoft has it's share. The views are not all by members, and of the not member views, many are not even human. I almost wish that stat was not displayed. It gets misused often, sometimes leading members to delete their posts and threads out of misguided anger at lots of views and no replies. Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: youhn on December 06, 2014, 09:37:52 AM You could probably use the word "whole" instead of "hole" in the rules, and it would still work.
Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 06, 2014, 10:22:51 AM You could probably use the word "whole" instead of "hole" in the rules, and it would still work. That's a good one. ;D But would it be possible to use complex numbers in games like this? :tongue1: Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: Gregoryno6 on December 18, 2014, 05:43:42 AM I haven't picked up a pair of dice since I was about ten years old. I don't really understand the three rules.
And I don't even begin to understand the answer! I thought the answer might be 12.9 - reading the dice as 3 X 4 . 3 (I TOLD you I didn't understand the rules! :) ) Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 18, 2014, 09:55:28 AM I haven't picked up a pair of dice since I was about ten years old. I don't really understand the three rules. And I don't even begin to understand the answer! I thought the answer might be 12.9 - reading the dice as 3 X 4 . 3 (I TOLD you I didn't understand the rules! :) ) The answer is 8. Just count the number of dots around the center dot (if there is one). Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: Gregoryno6 on December 19, 2014, 12:45:13 AM Aha. I see it now. I still don't understand the rules, though.
Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 19, 2014, 08:19:45 PM Aha. I see it now. I still don't understand the rules, though. The other rules are just to make it more ineresting, so people can get confused by reading them.Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: ChristopherJones on December 20, 2014, 05:34:58 AM I see it, I think. So the answer is eight. The 'five' dice is four points and the threes are two each. They are the only die faces that score.
Am I correct? Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: asimes on December 20, 2014, 07:00:32 AM Seems like it could be 24 if you consider all of the holes rather than just the center one (neighbors for a 3 x 3 grid centered about some particular hole)
Title: Re: A little dice-game Post by: TheRedshiftRider on December 20, 2014, 06:55:43 PM I see it, I think. So the answer is eight. The 'five' dice is four points and the threes are two each. They are the only die faces that score. Am I correct? yes, thats right. Seems like it could be 24 if you consider all of the holes rather than just the center one (neighbors for a 3 x 3 grid centered about some particular hole) Good one. ;) |