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Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) will be having a Bazaar on 23 - 25 Sep. As such, we are looking for vendors who are interested to participate in our Bazaar. The purpose of this Bazaar is to spice up school life in SIM as well as to provide a vibrant campus.

The highlight of our Bazaar is our mini 'Fashion Show'. There will be a runway setup across the atrium. This Fashion Runway is open to all vendors selling fashion apparel. You are strongly encouraged to participate in this 'Fashion Runway' as you will be given priority booth for our Bazaar. During the Fashion Show, the emcee will do a brief introduction of the featured booth and announce the location of the booth. This will attract interested patron and most definitely aid in the sales of your product.

As the bazaar is a going to be a 3-day event, with a duration of 7 hours per day, we will be expecting a rate of about 700 students coming to this event, taking into consideration of both the day and night class students. Thus, we would very much like to take this opportunity to invite you to set up your stalls at this location.

Here are the details for our upcoming Bazaar

Rentals:
Aircon
2 days ($80) / 3 days ($90)
Non-aircon
2 days ($65) / 3 days ($75)

The rent includes 2x tables and chairs. Additional tables can be arranged at an additional charge. Maximum of 4 tables per vendors. Dimensions of each table are 60 cm by 45 cm. Decorations of store will have to be self-provided.

Kindly reverb by 1 Sep to confirm your attendance. Slots will be given on a first come first serve basics. Please also included your name and blogshop address/shop name for easy referrence. Thanks a lot. Have a nice day =)

The Singapore NRIC Check Digit

The Singapore NRIC number is made up of 7 digits and a letter behind. This letter is calculated from the first 7 digits using the modulus eleven method.

The steps involved to obtain the check digit is

1. Multiply each digit in the NRIC number by its weight.
2. Add together the above products.
3. Divide the resulting sum by 11.
4. Subtract the remainder from 11 to give the check digit.
5. Check the check digit against the table to obtain the alphabet.

The following table shows the weight for the NRIC number in Singapore :

The following table is used to change the check digit into the corresponding alphabet.

This system is used to prevent illegal workers from entering Singapore with a fake passport using a fake NRIC number.

e.g A person has a NRIC number S1234567A.

To find out if the NRIC number is valid, we need to use the method above.

2(weight)*1(NRIC number) + 7(weight)*2(NRIC number) + 6*3 + 5*4 + 4*5 + 3*6 + 2*7 = 106

106/11 = 9 r 7

11-7 = 4

Using the table above, if the check digit is 4, then the alphabet at the end of the NRIC number should be D. So, we can conclude that this NRIC number is invalid.

solving this puzzle requires the understanding of the binary system. each 'pattern' in the binary system corresponds to one unique number.

the 1st prisoner will take the 1st number of the binary (so he'll be taking a sip out of bottles 1,3,5,7...all the way to 999).

the 2nd prisoner will take the 2nd number of the binary (bottles 2,3,6,7,10,11...).

the rest of the prisoners will take their respective places in the binary. (3rd prisoner take 3rd number in binary and so on so forth)

so let's say bottle 736 is the one with the poison. the binary for 736 is 0101110000. therefore, prisoners 5,6,7,9 will be dead by the next day.

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