Blog Post #57: Happy Birthday & Happy Wedding Anniversary!!

Dear Readers,

A couple of hours ago, I sent an early 24th wedding anniversary message to my sister whose husband is also about to have his 55th birthday.

The happy message included several surprises, one of which was the following fun puzzle…

My wife and my son and I (Jenny, Michael and Paul) each thought of a different one-digit whole number. Let’s call the respective numbers J, M and P.

The numbers were specially designed for my sister and her husband because…

(P+J) x P = 24

AND

(J+M) x J = 55.

My family had to solve the puzzle in just four minutes while a romantic song played for them! Your fun challenge is to enjoy cracking the puzzle too, and if possible at least as quickly as my family had to!

I wish everyone a wonderful weekend now, and the puzzle solution will be published here when I post the next blog article xxx

P, J, M Puzzle Solution (being posted on 8.08.2019)

(3+5) x 3 =24

AND

(5+6) x 5 = 55.

Author: Paul A. Motwani

My name is Paul Motwani, but my colleagues, my students and their parents mostly call me "Mr. Mo"! My middle initial, A, stands for Anthony, because I was born on the official feast day of St. Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of miracles and of lost souls. I love teaching Mathematics and Chess, and giving fun-packed talks and shows in schools and clubs. The popular ingredients of Math, Chess, Mystery and Magic are my "Fantastic Four", and I give prizes too! I am an International Chess Grandmaster, and (loooooong ago!) I was the World Under-17 Champion. I am the author of five published chess books and hundreds of newspaper articles. I live with my wonderful wife and son in Belgium. I also love music, movies and puzzles. I blog at paulmotwani.com. My e-mail address is pmotwani141@gmail.com. You can find me on Facebook, too. View all posts by Paul A. Motwani