Bracket #11 — the answers
The five questions from October 10, 2026, with their answers, the track each ran on, and the bracket that would have scored 90 on it.
The answers
| # | Question | Answer | Track | A tenth of it, on the answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How tall is the Washington Monument? | 555 feet | 100 to 2,000 | 460 to 660 |
| 2 | How many faces does an icosahedron have? | 20 | 4 to 100 | 15 to 25 |
| 3 | How many breaths does a person take in a day, roughly? | 20,000 | 1,000 to 1M, logarithmic | 14,000 to 28,000 |
| 4 | What is 29 × 77? | 2,233 | 100 to 20,000, logarithmic | 1,700 to 2,900 |
| 5 | What is 2 to the power of 10? | 1,024 | 100 to 10,000, logarithmic | 810 to 1,300 |
Question by question
A question scores 100 minus the bracket’s width as a percentage of the track, if the answer is inside it, and nothing if it is outside. The tenth-of-the-track bracket below is the one a confident player was aiming for.
- How tall is the Washington Monument? 555 feet — in the lower third of its track. A bracket from 460 to 660 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- How many faces does an icosahedron have? 20 — in the lower third of its track. A bracket from 15 to 25 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- How many breaths does a person take in a day, roughly? 20,000 — near the middle of its track (a logarithmic track, so a tenth of it is a tenth of the powers of ten it spans). A bracket from 14,000 to 28,000 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- What is 29 × 77? 2,233 — near the middle of its track (a logarithmic track, so a tenth of it is a tenth of the powers of ten it spans). A bracket from 1,700 to 2,900 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- What is 2 to the power of 10? 1,024 — near the middle of its track (a logarithmic track, so a tenth of it is a tenth of the powers of ten it spans). A bracket from 810 to 1,300 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
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About Bracket
Bracket is Noggin’s estimation puzzle, on the second shelf: five questions a day with a number for an answer, bracketed rather than named, outside the daily line-up. How to play Bracket, or play today’s.