Developing a PLC trainer/simulation/game for 12-14 yr olds

[testsubject]

A good cribbage run worth 5 points...

 

[elevmike]

Greg,

I'll have to ask my kids. I'll get back to you tomarrow...

 

[panic mode]

Number of beers to preserve good mood?
Number of cars to have in lifetime?
Number of changes to make program work AND keep it readable?
Minimum wages($$$)?
...
..
.

 

[akreel]

Mike,

Another little math question:

What do the numbers 4, 5, & 6 have in common that no other number (0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ... infinity) can lay claim to?

I think I've seen this one before. Is the phrase "another little math question" intended to throw us off?

 

[grs]

Mike,

Another little math question:

What do the numbers 4, 5, & 6 have in common that no other number (0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ... infinity) can lay claim to?

The sum of the sequence equals 15???

 

[gbradley]

4,5,& 6 are the adjacent to each other in both types of keypads ?

 

[elevmike]

What do the numbers 4, 5, & 6 have in common that no other number can lay claim to?

To further break down the question, I looking at the word "common" in the question. ???

 

[Eugen]

Are you refering to The WEEKEND starting from 0???

Well I will drink to that.

Cheers beerchug

 

[cnrservices]

Maybe "common" was not the right word.

Lets say: what is unique to the numbers 4, 5, and 6.

 

[Eugen]

on Second thought

(well first thought is beer)

Every number is a unique number.

Thats why we use them

 

[Eugen]

on Second thought

(well first thought is beer)

Every number is a unique number.

Thats why we use them

 

[Eric Nelson]

OK, here's a REALLY off-the-wall answer...

4, 5, and 6 light up the corresponding number of segments on a 7-segment display...

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| |

|_|  6 Segments Lit 



  |

  |  2 Segments Lit 

 _

 _|

|_   5 Segments Lit 

 _

 _|

 _|  5 Segments Lit 



|_|

  |  4 Segments Lit 

 _

|_

 _|  5 Segments Lit 

 _

|_

|_|  6 Segments Lit 

 _

  |

  |  3 Segments Lit 

 _

|_|

|_|  7 Segments Lit 

 _

|_|

 _|  6 Segments Lit 

I cheated a bit, because some displays show the number 6 like this:

|_

|_|

beerchug

-Eric

 

[cnrservices]

Eric,

In about 15 years I have been using this question you are the first person ever to answer it.

Now I have to come up with a new unanswerable question to puzzle everyone.

 

[Eric Nelson]

You mean I was RIGHT?...

beerchug

-Eric

 

[cnrservices]

You mean I was RIGHT?...

Like all other people I have seen, I can say you are half Right (& half Left)

But, you were correct!