Comments on: An old Puzzle Revisited http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2003/04/25/old-puzzle-revisited/ The Official Blog of MathMojo.com - helping public school, homeschooling, unschooling students, parents, teachers and adults learn math with easy and effective methods. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: laura http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2003/04/25/old-puzzle-revisited/#comment-31143 laura Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:47:48 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2003/04/25/old-puzzle-revisited/#comment-31143 I'm totally confused. if gold is priced at $788/lb (which it is, as of 12/6/2007), with 16 oz in a pound, half a pound would be 8 oz, so worth about $394, i think. doesn't matter what form it takes, does it? <em>Professor Homunculus sez: </em>You got it exactly right. My bad. <em>To Math Mojo Chronicle Readers:</em> Originally I worded the question: <ul> Which is worth more, a <strong>half</strong> pound of $5 gold coins, or a pound of $10 gold coins? Explain why.</ul> I don't know what I was thinking. Thank you, Laura, for pointing out the confusion. I would have been confused, too! I’m totally confused. if gold is priced at $788/lb (which it is, as of 12/6/2007), with 16 oz in a pound, half a pound would be 8 oz, so worth about $394, i think. doesn’t matter what form it takes, does it?

Professor Homunculus sez:
You got it exactly right. My bad.

To Math Mojo Chronicle Readers:
Originally I worded the question:

    Which is worth more, a half pound of $5 gold coins, or a pound of $10 gold coins? Explain why.

I don’t know what I was thinking.
Thank you, Laura, for pointing out the confusion. I would have been confused, too!

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