105 (now 106) GEC Giveaway - A Counting Game - WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Great song, Gary. I read somewhere that the county I live in (Nueces) is the biggest producer of cotton in the country. Maybe the world? Dunno. A nearby town's high school football team is called the Robstown Cottonpickers. But I never picked cotton....

 

This was a lot of fun, but glad we finally reached our goal.

 

Really like this one!
I'll have to work on a systematic way to count triangles in the diagram. A quick (and possibly inaccurate) count had me at 61, and I hadn't even counted "upside down" triangles!

- GT

 

I came up with 77. Wonder where I missed one at?

 

Not intentionally, in any case!

Don't go inventing the wheel!

Unfortunately, I can't tell.

 

I do the same lesson in my Pre Algebra class except I use squares.

 

Over my head. I still don't know why I had to take those algebra classes!

 

It teaches your brain how to do hard stuff.
Even if you never use it again, the strength in your brain remains.
I also do a lesson on this in my Algebra classes, quoting research on building and connecting pathways in your brain.

 

Congrats Ron! Great giveaway, it was fun to see all the unique thought processes for entry!

 

Guy in video claims 27 total facing up and down by size. He somehow gets a bunch more when he uses that Swahili to me "n" stuff, with the same number of little triangles.
I still don't understand how a person could have two bank accounts, each with a negative $1200 balance, combine the two (-1200 plus -1200) and wind up with $2400 to the good in the bank. That makes no cents to me.
(Yes. I got the test question "8-x=20" wrong. My answer was: "Impossible. That would be like going to the store with $8, spending all $8 and have $20 (plus the merchandise you bought) when you leave."

Edit: Is "Two negatives equal a positive." how governments and big corporations balance the books/budget?)

 

Lovely assistant and brilliant summary of the game! I was thinking to bother you with a request of some statistics and here it comes on its own!

Congratulations to the winner and applause to all the participants.

 

Wow, now we're getting into some serious philosophical stuff. All I can say is, that if you combine -12000 and -12000 (-12000 plus -12000) you end up with -24000. You need to multiply the negative numbers to get positive.

 

Congrats Ron.

So that you can help your kids with their algebra homework?

Life is a circle...

 

Thanks for the game!!

 

Way to go Half Stop!

 

Nice one Ron! A fine yet modest Gent, very pleased for you.

Lot of work organising this Barrett and I'm glad you got a peerless judge to do the drawing

Would have hoped more people had taken part, but perhaps they got put off by us old sweats dominating it with multiple posts...hope not. If I ever hold a GAW again (outta ideas...but not knives) I might set a MAXIMUM participation bar

 

Well done @Half/Stop! Beautiful knife you just won.

Good job for the OP for making this thread.

 

Wow Barrett! What an absolutely wonderful surprise. I looked this morning while I was logged on to see if a winner had been drawn yet. I have been the fortunate winner of several GAWs on the Porch over the years, but this one is extra special. I haven’t entered many GAWs lately, but this one just seemed too interesting to pass up. I’m glad I chose to participate because seeing that special young lady holding Half/Stop in her hands is priceless. Please give her a big hug and tell her thank you for me Barrett. I responded to your PM with the requested info. It was a fun and very successful GAW. There was probably more participation than we’ve had in along time. I’ll show the beaver here when I get it. Thanks again Barrett.

 

Congratulations, Ron! Awesome knife, and very generous giveaway. A big thanks to Barrett. That was fun!