Answer the following independent brainteaser questions. State any assumptions you need.
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Tile a floor
: A floor is
15 ft × 20 ft
. You will cover it with square tiles of area
1 square yard
each. Approximately how many tiles are needed?
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Doubling account
: An account starts with
$1000
and
doubles every year
. How much is in the account after
20 years
?
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Estimate Earth–Moon distance
: Sitting by a window and looking at the Moon, estimate the distance from you to the Moon using reasonable “back-of-the-envelope” reasoning.
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Stones in a boat
: A boat is floating in a lake with some stones in it. You throw the stones into the lake. Does the lake’s water level rise, fall, or stay the same?
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Probability of even product
: There are
two boxes
. Each box contains three cards labeled
1, 2, 3
(one of each). You draw one card from each box (uniformly at random). What is the probability that the
product
of the two numbers is
even
?
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Uncompressed 1080p movies on a 2 TB drive
: Approximately how many
uncompressed 1080p
movies can fit on a
2 TB
hard drive? Clearly state assumptions (frame rate, color depth/bytes per pixel, movie length, TB definition).
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Nested squares area
: Three squares are “nested” one inside another (concentric), with each inner square formed by connecting the
midpoints
of the sides of the previous square. If the
innermost
square has area
A
, what is the area of the
outermost
square?