User contributions for Oscarlevin

11 October 2010

• 18:4818:48, 11 October 2010 diff hist +41‎ N MediaWiki:Trackbackexcerpt ‎ Created page with '; \$4 \$5: [\$2 \$1]: <nowiki>$3</nowiki>'
• 18:4818:48, 11 October 2010 diff hist +20‎ N MediaWiki:Trackback ‎ Created page with '; \$4 \$5: [\$2 \$1]'
• 18:4718:47, 11 October 2010 diff hist +172‎ N MediaWiki:Confirmrecreate ‎ Created page with 'User \$1 (talk) deleted this page after you started editing with reason: : ''\$2'' Please confirm that you really want to recreate this page.'
• 18:4518:45, 11 October 2010 diff hist +110‎ N MediaWiki:Configure-ext-ext-dependencies ‎ Created page with ''''Warning:''' this extension requires the following {{PLURAL:\$2|extension|extensions}} to be activated: \$1.' current
• 18:4518:45, 11 October 2010 diff hist +18‎ N MediaWiki:Configure-old-summary ‎ Created page with '\$1 by \$2 \$4 \$3' current
• 18:4418:44, 11 October 2010 diff hist +74‎ N MediaWiki:Configure-ext-ext-dependency-err ‎ Created page with ''''Error:''' the \$1 extension requires the \$2 extension to be activated.' current
• 18:4318:43, 11 October 2010 diff hist +32‎ N MediaWiki:Emailccsubject ‎ Created page with 'Copy of your message to \$1: \$2'
• 18:4318:43, 11 October 2010 diff hist +52‎ N MediaWiki:Emailauthenticated ‎ Created page with 'Your e-mail address was authenticated on \$2 at \$3.'
• 12:4112:41, 11 October 2010 diff hist +252‎ User talk:Oscarlevin ‎No edit summary
• 12:3212:32, 11 October 2010 diff hist +12‎ Seven orbs ‎No edit summary current
• 12:3012:30, 11 October 2010 diff hist +1,072‎ Seven orbs ‎No edit summary
• 12:2512:25, 11 October 2010 diff hist +360‎ User talk:Oscarlevin ‎No edit summary
• 12:1812:18, 11 October 2010 diff hist +412‎ Sharing water ‎No edit summary
• 12:1112:11, 11 October 2010 diff hist +257‎ N User talk:Zerrakhi ‎ Created page with '==Welcome== Thanks for your messages: I'm looking into both those issues. Nice to have someone other than myself contributing. I'm pretty new at this wiki stuff, so please bea...' current
• 12:0612:06, 11 October 2010 diff hist +465‎ User talk:Oscarlevin ‎No edit summary

23 September 2010

• 12:3812:38, 23 September 2010 diff hist +478‎ N Checkerboard and dominoes ‎ Created page with '==Puzzle== A regular checker board has 64 squares (arranged in an 8 by 8 square). You happen to have a set of dominoes, each of which can cover exactly 2 squares on the checker...'

8 September 2010

• 11:5711:57, 8 September 2010 diff hist +694‎ N Three digit magic ‎ Created page with 'Saw this amazing trick in one of Smullyan's books. ==Puzzle== "Think of any three digit number," says the magician. "Now write that number down twice. So if you thought of 12...'

3 September 2010

• 08:0708:07, 3 September 2010 diff hist +476‎ N Next number ‎ Created page with 'Saw this on on [http://www.iqtestexperts.com/brainteasers/ this brainteasers site] ==Puzzle== What is the next number in the sequence: 938987, 277256, 141430, ... ==Meta-puzzl...'

30 August 2010

• 12:0912:09, 30 August 2010 diff hist +798‎ N Bags of gems ‎ Created page with 'Here is another one I found in Smullian's book. ==Puzzle== You have ten bags of gems. Each bag contains three gems, which are either diamonds, rubies, or emeralds. As it happ...'

26 August 2010

• 14:3414:34, 26 August 2010 diff hist +695‎ N Probably blackjack ‎ Created page with 'This is a classic probability puzzle. I just made up the story. ==Puzzle== You are playing Blackjack and are lucky enough to have a psychic parrot on your shoulder. You are d...'
• 11:3911:39, 26 August 2010 diff hist +568‎ N Monk's walk ‎ Created page with 'Here is an example of a velocity puzzle. ==Puzzle== Famed TV detective Monk leaves his house for a leisurely walk. He heads due north, walking 3 miles per hour (touching all t...'
• 11:2211:22, 26 August 2010 diff hist +833‎ N Three guesses ‎ Created page with 'This one is based on a puzzle in one of Smullyan's books. ==Puzzle== On the game show ''Wheel of Logic'' a contestant must choose one of three chests, numbered one, two, and th...' current

23 August 2010

• 12:0812:08, 23 August 2010 diff hist +3,117‎ Twelve weights ‎No edit summary

21 August 2010

• 07:0107:01, 21 August 2010 diff hist +988‎ N Eight options with six sides ‎ Created page with 'This one is based on a problem of the week I saw [http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~delgado/potw/potw.html here]. ==Puzzle== The problem with great restaurants is they often have so ...'
• 07:0107:01, 21 August 2010 diff hist +113‎ Meta:Links ‎No edit summary
• 06:5906:59, 21 August 2010 diff hist +93‎ N Template:Bradley PoW ‎ Created page with '[http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~delgado/potw/potw.html Bradley University's Problem of the Week]'

20 August 2010

• 07:0307:03, 20 August 2010 diff hist +29‎ Three prisoners ‎No edit summary current

19 August 2010

• 12:1212:12, 19 August 2010 diff hist +38‎ Flying trains ‎No edit summary
• 12:0812:08, 19 August 2010 diff hist +926‎ N Flying trains ‎ Created page with 'Here is the classic not-really-a-calculus puzzle. ==Puzzle== Towns A and B are connected by a single railroad track, exactly 210 miles long. One fateful day, at exactly 1:00pm...'
• 12:0012:00, 19 August 2010 diff hist +17‎ Round trip winds ‎No edit summary
• 12:0012:00, 19 August 2010 diff hist +540‎ N Jogging a hill ‎ Created page with 'I think I originally heard this one on Car Talk. ==Puzzle== Sally has decided to go for a jog. At first she runs on completely flat ground, and then to the top of a hill. Then ...' current

13 August 2010

• 15:2815:28, 13 August 2010 diff hist +500‎ N Eight weights ‎ Created page with 'Here is a puzzle I saw on someones problem of the week site. They had it phrased using batteries. Here is another version. ==Puzzle== You come across eight stones. You know ...'

31 July 2010

• 05:3205:32, 31 July 2010 diff hist +968‎ N Soda machine ‎ Created page with 'This is a quite old puzzle, although this version was inspired by a recent post on [http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/ Richard Wiseman's Blog]. ==Puzzle== You have an old sod...'

22 July 2010

• 09:1209:12, 22 July 2010 diff hist −3‎ Wrong address ‎No edit summary
• 09:1109:11, 22 July 2010 diff hist +1,145‎ N Wrong address ‎ Created page with 'Found this puzzle on pzzls.com ==Puzzle== Mr. House would like to visit his old friend Mr. Street, who is living in the main street of a small village. The main street has 50 h...'

16 July 2010

• 05:5505:55, 16 July 2010 diff hist +17‎ Meta:Links ‎No edit summary
• 05:5405:54, 16 July 2010 diff hist +73‎ N Template:Mathcentral ‎ Created page with '[http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/mp/ Problem of the Month] on Math Central.' current
• 05:5005:50, 16 July 2010 diff hist +583‎ N Fill in the blanks ‎ Created page with 'I've seen this puzzle a number of places, most recently as an old problem of the month on [http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/mp/previous2002/ Math Central] ==Puzzle== Complete the ...'

13 July 2010

• 19:0919:09, 13 July 2010 diff hist +38‎ N Template:Pzzls site ‎ Created page with '[http://www.pzzls.com/ pzzls.com site]' current
• 19:0819:08, 13 July 2010 diff hist +592‎ N Divisible by nine digits ‎ Created page with 'I found this one on the {{pzzls site}} ==Puzzle== Find a number consisting of 9 digits in which each of the digits from 1 to 9 appears exactly once. This number should satisfy ...' current

7 July 2010

• 13:3013:30, 7 July 2010 diff hist −3‎ Girl, boy and dog ‎No edit summary
• 13:2813:28, 7 July 2010 diff hist +821‎ N Girl, boy and dog ‎ Created page with 'Found this one on {{mathsisfun}}. ==Puzzle== A girl, a boy and a dog are out for a walk. The girl walks at a constant speed of 4 miles per hour, and the boy at a constant spee...'

5 July 2010

• 07:0107:01, 5 July 2010 diff hist +59‎ Cannibals and missionaries ‎No edit summary
• 07:0007:00, 5 July 2010 diff hist +786‎ N Farmer and the boat ‎ Created page with 'Probably the best known example of a crossing puzzle. Good warm up to something more complicated like cannibals and missionaries. ==Puzzle== A farmer is traveling to the m...'
• 06:5606:56, 5 July 2010 diff hist −13‎ Three couples ‎No edit summary

2 July 2010

• 15:0715:07, 2 July 2010 diff hist +1‎ Hotel change ‎No edit summary
• 15:0615:06, 2 July 2010 diff hist +2‎ Hotel change ‎No edit summary
• 15:0615:06, 2 July 2010 diff hist +861‎ N Hotel change ‎ Created page with 'A classic arithmetic puzzle. More tricky than anything, but a nice example of the importance of careful thinking for word problems ==Puzzle== Three men checked into a hotel ro...'

1 July 2010

• 11:2511:25, 1 July 2010 diff hist +18‎ Three princesses ‎No edit summary
• 11:2511:25, 1 July 2010 diff hist +2‎ Chests of logic 3 ‎No edit summary