Archive · Saturday, October 24, 2026

Hunch #24

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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CalendarQuestion 1 of 8

How many days after March 8, 1857 is December 19, 1934?

Low High days

DoublingQuestion 2 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 30?

Low High lily pads

BirthdaysQuestion 3 of 8

22 people are in a room. Counting all 365 birthdays as equally likely (ignore February 29), what is the chance, in percent, that at least two of them share a birthday?

Low High percent

FoldingQuestion 4 of 8

A sheet of paper 0.1 mm thick is folded in half 18 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

PackingQuestion 5 of 8

How many 1-inch cubes fit, packed perfectly with no gaps, in a box 4 ft long, 8 ft wide and 2 ft tall?

Low High cubes

Head mathsQuestion 6 of 8

What is 1 + 2 + 3 + … + 9,443 (every whole number up to 9,443 added together)?

Low High

OrdersQuestion 7 of 8

A team of 3 is picked from a club of 56 members. How many different teams are possible (order does not matter)?

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DiceQuestion 8 of 8

You roll a pair of fair dice 37 times. What is the chance, in percent, of at least one double six?

Low High percent

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