This round had clearly been designed with certain conditions set by the questioner, along with traps.
A large amount of calculation had to be completed quickly.
If they had been given ten minutes, most poker enthusiasts could have worked out the result.
But the young Math Camp students had only a few seconds, with no pen, paper, or computer. Their only tools were their brains and their sensitivity to numbers.
"Wait, give me a little more time. I'm almost there." Zhou Yu'an was sweating profusely. Working out the winner of this Fight the Landlord game had burned through a huge number of brain cells.
"Next question!" Sun Erxiong swept a hand through the air, and a new question flashed onto the screen.
"Damn it." Zhou Yu'an had only gotten halfway through the calculation, and now it was gone. All of it.
The math aptitude test moved at a breakneck pace, leaving the students no time to dwell on their answers.
Shen Qi rubbed his temples and stared intently at the projection screen.
The second question read: "Suppose there are five prisoners in a jail, wearing uniforms numbered 1 through 5."
"The warden brings the five prisoners to the gallows and says, 'Let's play a game. The winner will be released immediately, and the losers will be executed on the spot.'"
"This sack contains 100 beans. The rules are as follows: in order from number 1 to number 5, you will take turns reaching into the sack and taking beans. Each person may take only one turn, and must take at least one bean."
"Listen carefully. Whoever takes the most or the fewest beans will be executed on the spot. Everyone else will walk away alive."
"You are not allowed to communicate with each other, not even through eye contact. However,