Norvin Pallas - Calculator Puzzles, Tricks and Games

1. About 183 cm.
2. About 175 cm.
3. About 91 kg.
4. About 10.94 seconds.
5. A mile equals about 1,600 meters, but a more likely choice is to use a round number, in this case 1,500.
6. About 3 minutes 44 seconds.
7. About 88.5 k.p.h.
8. 70metric wont help your golf score, unless the length of the holes is changed.
9. Assuming the size of the diamond alone is changed, not the ballpark itself, the change would have little effect on home runs. Most are hit out of the park and, while it would be slightly harder to make home runs inside the park, these are quite rare.
10. It would be dangerous to assume that because of the slightly longer distance his successes would fall off in the same proportion. Maybe 50 yards represents the limit of his ability, and 50 meters (about 55 yards) would be too much and he would never make them.
11. The Indianapolis 805 (kilometers, approximately).
12. About 28 square meters.
13. About 198,000 cubic meters.
14. Around kilograms, priced at about 95.
15. Almost meters.
16. Almost meters.
17. About kilograms, allowing for a slight fish story.
18. About 9.3 cents per kilometer.
19. About 580 kilometers per hour.
20. About 15.3, rounding off in your favor, as you might hope.
21. 40 degrees.
22. 160 degrees Fahrenheit equals 320 degrees Centigrade.
23. 12.3 degrees Fahrenheit equals24.6 degrees Ceriti-grade, approximately.

1. DOORBELL
2. 3507 = CLOSET
3. 708451 = FISHBOWL
4. 114 = HI-FI
5. 700500 = FOOTSTOOL
6. 771501 = WINDOWSILL
7. 371800 = AUTOMOBILE
8. 407378 = TABLECLOTH
9. 3807 = GLOBE
10. 378330 = COFFEE TABLE
11. 53557 = GLASSES
12. 345451 = DISHWASHER
13. 35008 = BOOKCASE
14. 45105 = SOAPDISH
15. 5571007 = LOOKING GLASS

1. The square root of (1.5 x 800) comes to about 34.64 miles. Can you see why this formula would not work on the moon?

2. 52 122 = 132.

3. About 12.49 feet.

4. If you think of the diamond as four right triangles butted together as shown above, you can easily find the distance to the center of the field. By taking the square root of 4050 (902 2) you find that the center of the field is about 63.64 feet from all bases, and so the pitcher stands closer to home plate.

Family Finances

1. Let us say that the daily paper weighs 1 quiblon, and the Sunday paper weighs 4 quiblons. The daily papers in a week weigh 6 quiblons, plus a 25 % bonus means you will get credit for 7.5 quiblons. The total weight for the week comes to 11.5 quiblons, of which 4 applies to Sunday. 4 11.5 $1 gives 34.78 of your tip which applies to the Sunday paper. Your sisters weekly paper weighs as much as the Sunday paper, and since no bonus applies to Sunday, she should receive as much as your Sunday tip, or 2.17. Of course she should thank him, for politeness never costs anything, and if he actually gave her 3 she should thank him warmly for his generosity.

2. Plan A is substantially better. The following table shows how much: