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05-01-2006, 04:46 PM
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Math Dunce needs help from Math Wizards
Here's the scenario: I have 4 workshop sessions to run at work and 35 folks attending. Each session is to have 4 teams (3 teams of 9, 1 team of 8). I need to mix up the teams as much as possible so that everyone has the opportunity to work with as many different folks as possible. So, that means I'll need a total of 16 eight or nine-person teams and I need to have the same people working together as little as possible. I'm sure this is some type of simple math problem, but as I mentioned, it's way beyond my ability! TIA!
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05-01-2006, 05:03 PM
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Not sure what you're asking Jay. There will be four teams per session, 4 sessions so 16 teams. Are you looking to do multiple teams per session or see how to mix up 35 people within the teams?
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05-01-2006, 05:12 PM
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35 people total to mix & match... Session 1: 35 folks to split into 4 teams Team A = 9 Team B = 9 Team C = 9 Team D = 8 Session 2: Same 35 folks, 4 new teams... Team E = 9 Team F = 9 Team G = 9 Team H = 8 Session 3: Same 35 folks, 4 new teams... Team I Team J Etc...
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05-01-2006, 06:38 PM
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Quick and dirty method:
1) Get 35 cards, set aside 3. 2) Divide the 32 cards into 2 stacks of 16. 3) Number each stack with this binary sequence: 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 ... 1111 4) Number the remaining 3 cards 0000, 0001, 0010 (this is somewhat arbitrary). 5) Hand out the cards. 6) On the first day the teams will be comprised of the people with numbers ending with the same two digits. There will be four teams: 00, 01, 10 and 11. 7) On the second day people with the first digit of 1 will move to the adjacent team. 8) On the third day people with the second digit of 1 will move to the adjacent team. 9) On the fourth day people with the third digit of 1 will move to the adjacent team.
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05-01-2006, 10:02 PM
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There are only 10 types of people in this world:those who understand binary and those who don't.
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05-01-2006, 10:26 PM
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Hey C3PO, can you come over and talk to my evaporator?
*that whizzing sound is that joke going over everyone's heads...
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05-02-2006, 07:25 AM
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 I think it took me 1010 minutes to count from 0 - 15 in binary, but I finally got it! I have such a non-math mind... Looks like this method will work! Thanks rayxi - very much appreciated!
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05-02-2006, 11:56 AM
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The solution isn't necessarily binary in nature. It was just convenient for explaining the method. My command of words isn't as good as my command of numbers.
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05-02-2006, 01:17 PM
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