Notes About The Poem

What are the next numbers in this sequence, 1,2,4,8,16,... ?
Wrong! 1,2,4,8,16,31,57, 99,...

 

Math Riddle

What kind of jaded, jackass jerk'll
ask smugly with a smile and smirkle,
diagonals to think upon,
and an inscribed polygon,
while gazing on a split-up circle.
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Williams Avatar
October 11, 2024 at 2:08 AM
I hated geometry in school - but you've put a new twist on it David. Thanks for sharing - Maria
Crandall Avatar
October 11, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Thanks Maria. I like the way riddles sometimes sound like poems.
Richards Avatar
October 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I love math, but I must have been absent the day this was discussed. You made me look! Wikipedia has its uses :) Nice Limerick, David.
Crandall Avatar
October 11, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Haha, it's called "Moser's circle problem".
Greenhough Avatar
October 10, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Unfair! You're a math wizard. I still can't figure it out. Today's high school kids figure this one out.
Crandall Avatar
October 10, 2024 at 12:19 PM
haha, I was researching some math puzzles my advanced kids, and I sometimes torment my brothers with them too, so I decided to give it to them in poem form...but don't worry, nobody, including myself, knows what I am talking about!
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