Trivia Question
If you were to receive all the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", how many gifts would you receive?
Answer tomorrow :)
If you were to receive all the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", how many gifts would you receive?
Answer tomorrow :)
Too many!!!!! ;-)
December 24, 2009 11:53 AMWell, I wouldn't mind all those five gold rings...but eight lords a leapin' (several times over) would get tiring! :-D
December 24, 2009 11:56 AMOops, it's 10, not 8, leaping lords. Sorry, I'll stop commenting now!
December 24, 2009 11:57 AM1 = 1
1+2 = 3
1+2+3 = 6
1+2+3+4 = 10
1+2+3+4+5 = 15
1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21
1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 28
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8 = 36
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9 = 45
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11 = 66
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12 = 78
1+3+6+10+15+21+28+36+45+55+66+78 = 364.
Just short of one present for every day of the year.
I'm sure calculus would cover this problem, but I never did it.
December 24, 2009 10:46 PMCorrect!!! :)
The answer is indeed 364 :)
I put that on a Trivia quiz I did for a work Christmas party. Most tables got it, but it was soo much fun watching them nut it out! (I had it as a multiple choice - 12/78/144/364)
December 25, 2009 12:07 AM...but did the 8 maids a milkin' come with their own cows? If yes, that changes the numbers...right?
December 25, 2009 3:43 AMWhat about the pear trees? Are they separate..? ;)
December 25, 2009 9:35 PMTrue, true! So the count above is most likely inaccurate...I'm a thinkin'!
December 26, 2009 3:05 AM