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Think again!

Interested in "seductive math problems for the modern mind"? Every day Jan Nordgreen, a Norwegian living in Bolivia, posts a new puzzle on his elegant and fun blog, Think Again!

Here is a recent challenge:

A party consists of three couples. At the end of the party one of the husbands asks the others how many new acquaintances they made during the evening. Everybody gives a different answer. What did his wife answer?

Posted by Alex Tabarrok on June 18, 2004 at 07:32 AM in Education | Permalink

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