mscroggs.co.uk
mscroggs.co.uk

subscribe

Sunday Afternoon Maths LVII

 Posted on 2016-11-27 

Largest odd factors

Pick a number. Call it \(n\). Write down all the numbers from \(n+1\) to \(2n\) (inclusive). For example, if you picked 7, you would write:
$$8,9,10,11,12,13,14$$
Below each number, write down its largest odd factor. Add these factors up. What is the result? Why?

Show answer

Square factorials

Source: Woody at Maths Jam
Multiply together the first 100 factorials:
$$1!\times2!\times3!\times...\times100!$$
Find a number, \(n\), such that dividing this product by \(n!\) produces a square number.

Show answer & extension

If you enjoyed these puzzles, check out Advent calendar 2025,
puzzles about cubics, or a random puzzle.

Archive

Show me a random puzzle
 Most recent collections 

Advent calendar 2025

Advent calendar 2024

Advent calendar 2023

Advent calendar 2022


List of all puzzles

Tags

chocolate coordinates calculus neighbours tangents polynomials palindromes sport speed multiplaction squares cubics the only crossnumber decahedra triangle numbers even numbers graphs planes angles cryptic clues dodecagons pentagons polygons perimeter percentages quadrilaterals advent consecutive integers xor range hexagons mean partitions elections medians chess averages digital clocks ellipses cube numbers addition consecutive numbers crosswords routes axes floors dates rectangles binary quadratics scales geometric means grids chalkdust crossnumber regular shapes crossnumbers irreducible numbers cryptic crossnumbers tiling probabilty dominos perfect numbers expansions powers products 3d shapes digital products square roots star numbers factorials triangles median tournaments folding tube maps algebra 2d shapes factors time menace trigonometry sum to infinity square grids unit fractions logic odd numbers people maths wordplay sums numbers coins spheres lines clocks volume symmetry digits division geometric mean cards doubling prime factors multiples complex numbers square numbers differentiation rugby probability dice pascal's triangle prime numbers lists albgebra geometry arrows taxicab geometry squares christmas integration bases ave games proportion number colouring means surds combinatorics area matrices gerrymandering multiplication functions indices sets remainders parabolas shapes balancing books money integers circles shape determinants fractions sequences

Archive

Show me a random puzzle
▼ show ▼
© Matthew Scroggs 2012–2026