GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Lychrel Sequences
A sampling of the iterative Lychrel computations Lychrel numbers are natural numbers that do not (theoretically) ever become palindromes when you repeatedly reverse their digits and add it to the...
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This past week’s puzzle as posted: A sampling of the iterative Lychrel computations Lychrel numbers are natural numbers that do not (theoretically) ever become palindromes when you repeatedly reverse...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Palindromes and Anadromes
Reading through my social media feeds this past weekend, I saw that someone posted the old adage: “STRESSED spelled backwards is DESSERTS” While trying to come up with a witty retort, I realized that...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Palindromes and Anadromes
This past week’s puzzle, as shown earlier: Reading through my social media feeds this past weekend, I saw that someone posted the old adage: “STRESSED spelled backwards is DESSERTS” While trying to...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Regular Palindrome Numbers
Regular numbers are numbers that evenly divide powers of 60. As an example, 602 = 3600 = 48 × 75, so both 48 and 75 are divisors of a power of 60. They are reasonably rare — under 108, there are just...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Regular Palindrome Numbers
This past week’s puzzle, as previously posted: Regular numbers are numbers that evenly divide powers of 60. As an example, 602 = 3600 = 48 × 75, so both 48 and 75 are divisors of a power of 60. They...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Palindromic Sums of Squares
Are there more than 40 squares here? If you have been on Facebook at all over the last year, you have probably seen the “puzzle” where there is a grid, and the question reads “How many squares do you...
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This past week’s puzzle, as posted: 8 + 18 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 40 squares! If you have been on Facebook at all over the last year, you have probably seen the “puzzle” where there is a grid, and the question...
View ArticleDaily #DadJoke for August 4, 2015
Daily #DadJoke for August 4, 2015: What do dyslexic insomniac agnostics do most evenings? Stay up and ponder the existence of dog. Have a great joke that you would like to see in print (complete with a...
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