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:: Edutainment ::

Tired of learning? We got something to keep you edutained!

1. Try our interactive derivatives quiz!
2. Easy, intermediate & hard brainteasers : give your brain a mental workout!
3. Some notes on betting/gambling: Real world applications of odds and evens.
4. Some interactive games to keep your entertained!
5. Artwork/Photos on finance: anything that has something to do with finance.

:: Interactive Quiz::

1. Derivatives Quiz - no calculator needed, see if you can crack our questions!

:: Easy Brainteasers ::

1. The Age Problem
2. The Car Hire Problem
4. The Appointment
5. Family Ties
6. The Fly and the Cyclists
7. The Journey
8. Selling Eggs
9. The Explorers
10. Whiskey and Water
11. Wounded Soldiers
12. Sun Dried Tomatoes
13. Freedom or Execution
14. Just Whisky
15. Skinned Cube
16. Length of the Line/Que
17. Burning Candles
18. Splitting a two square object

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:: Intermediate Brainteasers ::

1. Clock Problem
2. Column of Troops Problem
3. Cycle Race
4. Dog Dealers
5. Insurance Problem
6. Ladder Problem
7. Gold and Copper Coins
8. Lets Make a Deal
9. Another Age Problem
10. Escalator at the Tube
11. Message and Locks
12. Ball Problem
13. Crazy guy on the Plane
14. Cereal Box Toys
15. Hat Problem

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:: Hard Brainteasers ::

1. Einstein's Test
2. Couple Permutation Problem
3. Ball Balance
4. The Five Bags of Coins

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:: Mathematics in Betting/Gambling ::

Important: we do not accept liability for any action taken. Articles published here are for educational purposes only.

1. Fixed odds betting
2. Spread betting
3. Gambler's Ruin
4. Choosing the Best

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:: Interactive Games ::

A selection of quality games to keep you entertained. Flash player required.

1. Blobs - Similar to checkers but requires some brain cells.
2. ClickNslide - Picture jigsaw puzzle.
3. Allout - Turn off all the light bulbs, very challenging!
4. Hangaroo - Test your general knowledge with this hangman-like puzzle (Canadian-biased).

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:: Artwork and Photos on Finance ::


The Bulls and Bears in the Market (1879) by William Holbrook Beard (1824-1900). Read more...


The Bear Dance (undated) by William Holbrook Beard (1824-1900). Read more...


Johann Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematican and physicist. Read more...


Photograph by Russel Boyce for Reuters. The United Kingdom is currently out of the Euro members, but for Bonnie, dancer at the London Stringfellows Club, this seems of little importance.


Photograph by Ricardo Mazalan for Associate Press. Read more...

Photograph by Andreas Gurskey. Read more...

Photograph by Jeff Zelevansky.

Associated Press photographs.

Photograph by Frank Rumpenhorst.

Photograph by John Moore. Kuwaiti stockbrokers working on the floor of the stock market in Kuwait City on Sunday March 9, 2003. The stock exchange in Kuwait is going through one of the strongest rallies ever.

Photograph by Peter MacDiarnid. June 9th 2003: Sterling has tumbled against the euro and the dollar after the Treasury suggested the pound would need to weaken substantially before Britain could join the euro.

Treasury Department/Reuters. The new $20 banknote has for the first time some features in colour. It will be issued to US banks on the 9th October 2003.

NEW YORK (AFP/File/Tim Clary) - US stock indexes surged to new 2003 highs after news of a spike in industrial activity and strong retail sales data fueled a holiday-season rally.

Strong Euro - Euro Business Suffers (AFP/DDP/File) - Despite the recent appreciation of the Dollar the Euro remains too stong for Euro Zone business.

 

Trader Thomas Hyland, center left, signals over the shoulder of another trader in the Eurodollar Futures pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday, May 4, 2004, as the Federal Reserve (news - web sites) was announcing that they would be holding a main short-term interest at 1 percent, a 46-year low in an attempt to keep the economy humming. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

 

Opening of the Olympics in Athens. August 13th 2004 - the Olympic games begin in Athens. After many difficulties the games return close to their birth place. (ATHOC / GETTY IMAGES)

 

Race for the White House 2004: President Bush (news - web sites) holds a slender three-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry (news - web sites) in a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on October 25, 2004. Bush led Kerry 48-45 percent in the latest three-day tracking poll, gaining one point on the Massachusetts senator eight days before the Nov. 2 election. Bush led Kerry 48-46 percent the day before. (Reuters Graphic)

 

 

November 2nd 2004: George W. Bush is reconfirmed governor and chief of the United States of America for the next four years.(photo taken from GerorgeWBush.com)

June 16th 2005: Monopoly, the world famous board game in which players try to drive each other into bankruptcy, has been forced into a makeover by soaring property prices. Mr. Monopoly, Merwin Goldsmith, displays the new Monopoly 70th Anniversary Edition game at the Hasbro showroom at the American International Toy Fair in New York

July 8th 2005: The day after London's horrific terror attacks on its public transport system, Londoners grimly and courageously return to business as usual. Top

 

 

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