Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

I guess I have a simple mind.

Took me about 5 rolls but ive got it now.

Took me a while. I'm sure Taoists got it quick

Well this wasn't to difficult

Heh - did it in 2 minutes. I think that this is more of a reading comprehension exercise than a math teaser.

took me 3 days! i've long suspected that i tend to over analyze things in my day-to-day existence. this is proof. imagine!! it took me 3 days.

the solution kind of dawned on me on the 2nd day but i wasn't able to figure it out completely. i was just trying to look for the rose because the "petals have to be around the ROSE." how could i count the petals if there was no rose, right?

I study maths and physics at A level. (post 16 education) It took me a ridiculous amount of time to work this out. I wish I'd known the answer had nothing to do with maths.

Hehe...took me less than 10 mins to solve it in 4 tries... Hehe... Really must focus on the subject, petals of the rose. Cheers!!

We were assigned to do this as an assignment in our C++ lab. It was pretty cool, some people got it right away, others it took while. I got it after about 10 minutes of messing with it off and on. It took our professor a week. Awesome little brain teaser!

It took me about 15 minutes to work it out. I think it's true that clever people will have a harder time with it.