Archive · Friday, October 23, 2026

Hunch #23

For each question, give a low and a high you are 80% sure the answer sits between. Tighter brackets score more; a miss scores zero. You can type 2 million, 3e9, 1.5k or 45%.

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DiceQuestion 1 of 8

You roll one fair six-sided die 22 times. What is the chance, in percent, of rolling at least one six?

Low High percent

CalendarQuestion 2 of 8

How many days after March 2, 1845 is July 17, 1981?

Low High days

OrdersQuestion 3 of 8

In how many different orders can 16 different books stand in a row on a shelf?

Low High orders

ClockworkQuestion 4 of 8

How many seconds are there in 59 weeks?

Low High seconds

Head mathsQuestion 5 of 8

Without a calculator: what is 658 × 5,495?

Low High

DoublingQuestion 6 of 8

There is 1 lily pad on day 1, and the number doubles every day (2 on day 2, 4 on day 3). How many lily pads are there on day 28?

Low High lily pads

PackingQuestion 7 of 8

How many 1-inch cubes fit, packed perfectly with no gaps, in a box 8 ft long, 2 ft wide and 6 ft tall?

Low High cubes

FoldingQuestion 8 of 8

A sheet of paper 0.1 mm thick is folded in half 38 times (pretend that is possible: ordinary paper is hard to fold more than 7 or 8 times). How thick is the folded stack, in metres?

Low High metres

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