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We would like to announce that the next iteration of Monday Math Madness will be the final contest that will be hosted at Blinkdagger. We might potentially continue the tradition, and focus more on MATLAB type problems, and calling the event Monday MATLAB Madness. But for now, we would like to thank everyone who has particpated in these contests and to continue following Monday Math Madness over at wildaboutmath.com

But in the mean time, here’s the latest and the greatest in the Monday Math Madness offering:

What’s the prime factorization of the smallest whole number that is divisible by all integers from 1 up to and including 50?

Here are the rules for the contest:

1. Email your answers with solutions to mondaymathmadness at gmail dot com.
2. Only one entry per person.
3. Each person may only win one prize per 12 month period. But, do submit your solutions even if you are not eligible.
4. Your answer must be explained. You must show your work! Wild About Math! and Blinkdagger will be the final judges on whether an answer was properly explained or not.
5. The deadline to submit answers is Tuesday, June 2, 12:01AM, Pacific Time. (That’s Tuesday morning, not Tuesday night.) Do a Google search for “time California” to know what the current Pacific Time is.)
6. The winner will be chosen randomly from all timely well-explained and correct submissions, using a random number generator.
7. The winner will be announced Friday, June 5, 2009.
8. The winner (or winners) will receive a Rubik’s Revolution or a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com or $10 USD via PayPal. For those of you who don’t want a prize I’ll donate $10 to your favorite charity.
9. Comments for this post should only be used to clarify the problem. Please do not discuss ANY potential solutions.
10. I may post names and website/blog links for people submitting timely correct well-explained solutions. I’m more likely to post your name if your solution is unique.