Answer to February 25, 2002 Problem
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The Desk Calendar Problem |
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One cube has a 1 and a 2 on it, and the other cube has a 3,
4, and a 5 on it. Determine the missing four numbers on the
first cube and the missing three digits on the second cube.
It is a bit trickier than one might expect.
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Solution to Problem:
The first cube consists of 0, 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8. |
1. Chip Schweikarth | Winchester, Virginia |
2. Keith Mealy ** | Cincinnati, Ohio |
3. Rick Jones | Kennett Square, Pennsylvania |
4. Richard K. Johnson | La Jolla, California |
5. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint, Michigan |
6. Renata Sommerville | Austin, Texas |
7. David and Judy Dixon * | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
8. Bahareh Joukar | Winchester, Virginia |
9. Tori Eads | Winchester, Virginia |
10. ---------- | United Kingdom |
11. Anne Beavers | Arlington, Virginia |
12. Elizabeth Emmart | Winchester, Virginia |
13. Rich Murray | Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada |
14. Andrea Flandry | Columbus, Georgia |
15. John Beasley | Winchester, Virginia |
16. John Funk | Ventura, California |
17. Ellen Sankovich | Winchester, Virginia |
18. Janine Oliver | Winchester, Virginia |
19. Griffin | ----------- |
20. Kim Schmidt | Rockford, Michigan |
21. James Shuster | Rockford, Michigan |
22. Keeley Mills | ----------- |
23. Vanessa Kargenian | ----------- |
* David and Judy Dixon also created two other cubes which would
give all the possible dates from 01 to 31: 1st cube: 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 2nd cube: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
** Keith Mealy sent in his design for a cube on which you can get
the 7 days of the week: |