Mind Your Decisions

By Geeks out of the Box April 1, 2020

Some more math tricks

Sometimes, Simon loves a trick or a puzzle so much he writes it down several times over the course of a couple of days. he also really enjoys teaching this … Continue reading Some more math tricks

By Geeks out of the Box March 12, 2020

Fun crafty puzzles Simon did with Neva

Three boxes with fruit, all the three labels are misplaced. What is the minimum number of times one will have to sample a random piece of fruit from one of … Continue reading Fun crafty puzzles Simon did with Neva

By Geeks out of the Box March 3, 2020

How Many Dice Rolls Until You Get a Repeat. A Probability Experiment in p5.js

How many times, on average, do you have to roll a dice until you get a repeated value? I saw this probability challenge on the Mind Your Decisions channel. I … Continue reading How Many Dice Rolls Until You Get a Repeat. A Probability Experiment in p5.js

By Geeks out of the Box February 8, 2020February 8, 2020

For over a month, Simon has been fascinated by Presh Talwalkar’s channel Mind Your Decisions. The channel is full of short videos on famous math problems, logic riddles, proofs and … Continue reading Mind Your Decisions

By Geeks out of the Box January 19, 2020

The Ladder Problem

Simon saw this thumbnail (by the channel Mind Your Decisions) among the YouTube recommended videos and sat down to solve it, without watching the video, so that he doesn’t see … Continue reading The Ladder Problem