Nov 11, 2023
Okay, this puzzler is for the kiddos. Adults can help out, as always.
This is a made up fun puzzler. Here we go.
Using the most powerful telescope ever made, let's call it the Bubble Telescope, just for fun, scientists happen to observe a class of young aliens on a planet millions of light-years away.
So, they look through the telescope and they see aliens in a classroom, millions of light-years away. So, this alien classroom has teachers and students. And on the chalkboard, the scientists can see the following equations are written.
13 + 15 = 31
10 x 10 = 100
6 x 3 = 24
And the question is, how many fingers do these aliens have?
I know this one is silly, but it's fun.
Good luck!
Okay, this one was a little tough. You had to have a math mind for this one. And some creativity.
So, scientists look through a telescope and see a bunch of aliens in a classroom. All the alien kids are sitting at their little alien desks, listening to alien teachers. And on the board, the following equations are written.
13 + 15 = 31
10 x 10 = 100
6 x 3 = 24
And the question is, how many fingers do these aliens have?
So here is where the math mind is needed. When we ask how many fingers they have, what we are really asking is what base they are counting with because we count with 10. And the assumption is, whatever base they are counting with is how many fingers they have.
Yes, I know, that is a bit of a leap! But that is what we are going with.
So, we have 10 fingers and we count in base 10. So using those equations, what is the base they are counting in?
They are counting in base 7.
So for all of you math people out there.
Base 7.
