Advent Calendar 4. Game

Al35ul

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Howdy Cowboys and Cowgirls,

Our 4th game is here! A nice little game to occupy your mind while you do your Holiday shoppings!
Remember to leave your answer in this thread, and not make a new one.

Game:
Santa asked an elf to cut 2 cm x 10 cm strips of wrapping paper from square 10 × 10 cm sheets. Good to know: that for an elf it takes 20 seconds to cut a strip. How long does it take to cut a sheet completely into strips?
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chigra

Active Member
80 seconds... Elf needs to make 4 cuts (each 20s) and which result with 5 strips 2x10 cm.... Last cut makes 4x10 cm into 2 pcs 2x10 cm
 

Aryastark

Active Member
80 seconds. You cut first strip, second, third, and when you cut the last one, you obtain another 2.
 

swebbe

Member
10/2=5
But the last two strips will be cut at the same time so the time it takes is 4*20 second.
Final answer is 80 seconds.
 

silverspurs

Member
it takes 9x20seconds, 180 seconds, because to cut 10 stripes you have to cun 9 times since the last cut will give you two stripes.
 

Crookest

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Since the strips are the same length as the sheet, there are only horizontal cuts. First cut at 2cm, second at 4cm, third at 6cm and last at 8cm.
4 cuts = 80 seconds
 

Take It Easy

Active Member
80 seconds, the elf has to cut the 10x10 sheet 4 times in order to make five 2x10 strips (with the 4th cut he makes two strips from the remaining 4x10 sheet).
 

Junkz

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100 seconds or 1 minute and 40 seconds.
5 strips can be cut from one 10x10 sheet, the elf takes 20 seconds to cut one strip; To cut 5 strips it would take the elf 20x5 = 100 seconds = 1 minute and 40 seconds
 

Harriet Oleson

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Hi,

If the elf needs strips at 2x10 cm, with a square sheet at 10x10 cm he can make 5 strips (... cause 5x2 = 10). And if he needs 20 seconds to cut a strip, he needs 5x20 seconds = 100 seconds (= 1 minute and 40 seconds) to cut a sheet completely into strips.
 

Pankreas PorFavor

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It takes 80 seconds.
10 x 10 cm sheet can be cut into 5 2 x 10 cm strips. To do that, you need to make 4 cuts (and not 5) since the last cut is from a 4x10 cm sheet that you just cut in half and with that one cut you make 2 strips (with previous 3 cuts you made 3 strips). 4 cuts, 20 seconds each = 80 seconds.
 

ATSIZ.

Active Member
5 pieces of 2x10 strips can be made from 10x10 cm paper. To obtain 5 strips, it is necessary to cut 4 times, it takes a total of 80 seconds.
 

Chris Twoshots

Active Member
10x10 sheet will give 5 2x10 strips. It will take 4 cuts to get the 5 strips, so 4x20=80secs= 1min and 20secs to complete the job.
Chris Twoshots
Dakota world
 

Bitter Lemon

Active Member
Step 1: I fold along the red line the sheet.
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Step 2: Now I have a narrow strip. Now I cut right and left the fold line. I need 2x 20 sec for this.
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3rd step: If I cut cleanly and neatly, I now have 5 strips in the size of 2cm x 10 cm.
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For cutting I need 40 sec. How long I needed for folding remains my secret. ;)

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Perse

Active Member
100cm paper gives 50 x 2cm strips.

One takes 20 secs.
50 takes 1000 secs.

So 16.6667 minutes.
 
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