IEEE Weekly Puzzle: Three Dice

30 November 2015 Comments Off on IEEE Weekly Puzzle: Three Dice

A standard die (one of a pair of dice) is thrown three times. What is the probability of getting a square number (square of an integer) as the sum of the numbers that come up?

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This question was prepared by Emrehan Halıcı, president of the Turkey Intelligence Foundation, for Bilkent IEEE.