I have a good question for thinkers out there. Mr. Mike's Retirement Party
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When Mr.Mike finally retires, he is going to have a party on a cruise ship with all
12,184 of his former students. Each of the students will be given a number as they
board the carrier.
All his former students will line up around the edge to cheerfully greet him.
Mr.Mike will shake hands with student number one, then push number two overboard;
shake hands with student number three and then push number four overboard; shake
hands with number five and push six overboard. This pattern continues as he repeatedly
goes around and around and around the whole ship, shaking then shoving, until finally
there is only one student left. Which of the 12,184 students will that be?
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When Mr.Mike finally retires, he is going to have a party on a cruise ship with all
12,184 of his former students. Each of the students will be given a number as they
board the carrier.
All his former students will line up around the edge to cheerfully greet him.
Mr.Mike will shake hands with student number one, then push number two overboard;
shake hands with student number three and then push number four overboard; shake
hands with number five and push six overboard. This pattern continues as he repeatedly
goes around and around and around the whole ship, shaking then shoving, until finally
there is only one student left. Which of the 12,184 students will that be?
mathematics
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When Mr.Mike finally retires, he is going to have a party on a cruise ship with all
12,184 of his former students. Each of the students will be given a number as they
board the carrier.
All his former students will line up around the edge to cheerfully greet him.
Mr.Mike will shake hands with student number one, then push number two overboard;
shake hands with student number three and then push number four overboard; shake
hands with number five and push six overboard. This pattern continues as he repeatedly
goes around and around and around the whole ship, shaking then shoving, until finally
there is only one student left. Which of the 12,184 students will that be?
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When Mr.Mike finally retires, he is going to have a party on a cruise ship with all
12,184 of his former students. Each of the students will be given a number as they
board the carrier.
All his former students will line up around the edge to cheerfully greet him.
Mr.Mike will shake hands with student number one, then push number two overboard;
shake hands with student number three and then push number four overboard; shake
hands with number five and push six overboard. This pattern continues as he repeatedly
goes around and around and around the whole ship, shaking then shoving, until finally
there is only one student left. Which of the 12,184 students will that be?
mathematics
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