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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Puzzle #28: Cake Cutting
This is a puzzle that I have seen in many different sources, a nice geometry puzzle! Mary baked a rectangular cake. Merlin secretly carved out a small rectangular piece, ate it and vanished! The remaining cake has to be split … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #27: The 3 Matchstick Heaps
First of all, apologies for the delayed response to the puzzle, I was traveling outside the country on the past weekend. Thanks to everyone who tried this puzzle – I received one of the best responses to date from this … Continue reading
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Puzzle #27: The 3 Matchsticks Heaps
This puzzle is a nice and again a relatively easy one, and the beauty is that children and adults should both enjoy this one. I found this in a puzzle book I bought way back in 1985 – Mathematics can … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #26: Get to the number 14
This was a relatively simple puzzle and I got many answers immediately as if this were a buzzer round question. Even my 9 year old, gave me multiple answers in succession, in a bid to get to number 14 in … Continue reading
Puzzle #26: Get to the number 14
This is a relatively simple arithmetic puzzle, that I found interesting to do with my 9 year old. I picked this up from Mathematical Circles. Here is the puzzle: You begin with the number 458. You are only allowed two … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #25: Eleven Matches
I got a lot of answers for this puzzle. Some worthy mentions include Rohit Gupta, Ruchir Godura and Jyotsana Dube. Among children, only Anisha Sharma Goyal solved this one. Reason I liked the puzzle so much is that if you … Continue reading
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