Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

Took me about 12 seconds. It all matter how you look at the problem, and think about what you know and what's significant.

Took me a while, but I did it.

I figured the game out in less than 20 minutes. It is very simple. The rest of my family, on the other hand, had a very difficult time trying to figure it out, It was great! I feel smarter since I figured it out quicker. And whoever says "forget the math" don't really know that they are using math. A little addition never hurt anyone.

uhm...I figured it out....but I keep reading where people said forget math....but that's how I solved it! Took me forever! But I can get it right everytime! What does that say about me? Can someone tell me the obvious way to answer? If you email me...I'll tell you how I used math and you can tell me how its right in my face!
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Stephanie

Hello everyone, for this week we had a sub in our class (i am in eighth grade) and he introduced us to this game. It took me three days to figure it out and i was the second one, most of our class still has not gotten it. I am proud to say i am a member of the petals of the rose

Okay, so that was hard. Yeah. I especially appreciated that one comment I read somewhere on the web that "the smarter you are, the longer you will take."

I suggest focusing on which numbers are absent when the answer is zero. That should help. If not, c'est la vive.

What an anticlimax! Here I was trying out the most elaborate math formulae when the answer was literally staring me in the face! It took me a while, but it was well worth the effort, after which I couldn't help but feel smug... My advice: forget the math. Rather, CONCENTRATE ON THE NAME OF THE GAME. It'll finally hit you like a bolt out of the blue.

Well now, this gave me a bit of a headache but I solved it just as I was about to give up, much to my surprise, after 3 hours. I'm not much good at maths and if truth be told, I hate them! I'm quite pleased with myself for accomplishing something that had Bill Gates stumped for so long, I am. I've passed it on to my son so we'll see what he can manage.

Representing Iceland

WOW! That was hard! But I finally got it... Congratulations to all you other people that did! My family is amazed that I can get it!!