19th March 2016
Spot an ‘a’ in the spellings of the first 100 natural numbers
In the spellings of the first 100 natural numbers, ‘a’ does not occur even once.
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18th March 2016
Count up to 1023 just by using your fingers
It is possible to count up to 1023 just by using the fingers of two hands. By applying Binary system it is possible to count up to 1023 just by using the fingers of two hands. It employs two digits, 0 and 1. If a finger or a thumb standing up indicates ‘1’ and standing down indicates ‘0’, then all fingers/thumbs standing up will indicate 1111111111, whose decimal system equivalent is
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