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Problem of the Week
Problem A
Archaeological Ages

You are an archaeologist, and have made a startling series of discoveries right around the corner from your office.

You have taken the pieces back to the lab, and are trying to figure out how old your objects are. Your rival, Indianapolis Jane, has tampered with your artifact dating machine. The ages it is computing are correct but are hard to compare. Here are the results from the machine:

Artifact #1 is 50 decades, 100 weeks, and 48 hours old

Artifact #2 is 3 centuries, 4 decades, and 6 years old

Artifact #3 is 2 centuries, 28 decades, and 52 weeks old

You want to present these artifacts to your colleagues in order from oldest to newest. In which order should you present them? Justify your answer.

Note: A decade is equal to 10 years, and a century is equal to 100 years.