Tuesday, September 28, 2010

008 - Petals Around The Rose

In the game Petals Around The Rose, five regular six-sided dice are rolled, and players are challenged to give the "Petals Around The Rose" answer for the result.

For instance, the following dice rolls produce the following correct answers:

3, 5, 5, 5, 6 : the answer is fourteen
2, 6, 2, 1, 4 : the answer is zero
4, 3, 2, 1, 3 : the answer is four
6, 5, 6, 2, 2 : the answer is four
6, 3, 6, 5, 4 : the answer is six

There is only one correct answer for any given roll.

On a roll where the dice show 1, 3, 6, 5, 6, what is the "Petals Around The Rose" answer?