Reply to: Thursday Puzzle: Petals on a Rose

[Old Hack]

How do you get an odd number?

I avoided mentioning that.

[TestMangler]

How do you get an odd number?

Good point

[Pondlife]

Each 5 counts as 4, each 3 counts as 2, nothing else matters. If there are no 3s or 5s, the answer is zero. If the answer is odd, round up.

Simple as that.

How do you get an odd number?

[Old Hack]

Each 5 counts as 4, each 3 counts as 2, nothing else matters. If there are no 3s or 5s, the answer is zero. If the answer is odd, round up.

Simple as that.

Add odds together, subtract # of odds.

Can't see it being simpler than that.

[TestMangler]

Remove the even numbers, take 1 off the odd numbers and add them together. If all numbers are even it's zero. But that doesn't really explain the meaning of the puzzle which is better understood by looking at a dice.

Each 5 counts as 4, each 3 counts as 2, nothing else matters. If there are no 3s or 5s, the answer is zero. If the answer is odd, round up.

Simple as that.

[Old Hack]

3 3 1
2 2 0
4

I have just seen it again.

OK

Add all the odd numbers together, then subtract the amount of odd numbers

(3 + 3 + 1) - 3 = 4

5 5 5 6 3

18 - 4 = 14

[mudskipper]

Is it sad that when I figured this out yesterday, I knocked up a little VB app to calculate the outcome and randomly generate numbers so I could test the theory ....

Very. You should have done it in C.

[mudskipper]

3 3 1 6 4

3 3 1

3 3

6

That doesn't work.

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3 3 1
2 2 0
4

[Old Hack]

Remove the even numbers, take 1 off the odd numbers and add them together. If all numbers are even it's zero. But that doesn't really explain the meaning of the puzzle which is better understood by looking at a dice.

3 3 1 6 4

3 3 1

3 3

6

That doesn't work.

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[MayContainNuts]

Does is matter what type of rose it is?!!!

[ChrisPackit]

Is it sad that when I figured this out yesterday, I knocked up a little VB app to calculate the outcome and randomly generate numbers so I could test the theory ....

[ZARDOZ]

There's an achingly simple algorithm to solve this.

Anyone care to have a guess?

Remove the even numbers, take 1 off the odd numbers and add them together. If all numbers are even it's zero. But that doesn't really explain the meaning of the puzzle which is better understood by looking at a dice.

[Old Hack]

There's an achingly simple algorithm to solve this.

Anyone care to have a guess?

[TestMangler]

6 is correct.

Anyone else or should I do some work?

2 3 3 5 5 = ?

You could tell people that it is 'Petals AROUND a rose' though. Might help

[Pondlife]

One more to prove to myself it was not a fluke.

Is this 6?

6 is correct.

Anyone else or should I do some work?

2 3 3 5 5 = ?