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Solution to Puzzle #180: White and Black Beans

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was one of the simpler puzzles and I got correct answers from many. This included Mahi Saraf, Anahat (Prakhar’s son), Vishal Poddar, Pratik Poddar and Praneeth. Well done all. The answer is “white”. I am borrowing the answer from … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #179: Crossing the River

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was a very simple puzzle, and therefore I guess I did not challenge enough minds. I got a correct answer from Mahi Saraf – well done Mahi! I would still encourage parents to show this puzzle to their children, … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #178: Minarets of Samarra

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was a beautiful geometry arrangement puzzle, and I received correct answers from three people – Vishal Poddar, Mahi Saraf and Suman Saraf – well done all! Am reproducing the answers from all of them, please notice the patters of … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #177: How Many Times Can You Measure

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was a difficult puzzle. I got the correct answer only from Suman Saraf, and another correct answer to a slightly modified puzzle from Pratik Poddar. You can measure 23 different lengths. Here’s an explanation, taken from the site fivethrityeight.com. The … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #176: Outsmart Your Teacher

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was a fun and relatively simpler puzzler, and I was bombarded with correct answers. People with correct answers included Mahi Saraf, Deepak Jayaraman, Rishikant Kumar, Abhinav Jain, Pratik Poddar and Shivanshu. I am taking the liberty of copying the … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #175: The Three Bag Puzzle

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was a simple but cute puzzle, and thanks again to Suman Saraf for suggesting this one. I received correct answers from Deepak Jayaraman (a first time participant), Pratik Poddar and Vishal Poddar. Well done all! Here is the answer … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #174: Happy Birthday!

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This puzzle was not an easy one, and one of the ways to make it easier was to solve it for a smaller number of candles and then try to solve for larger number of candles. There is a whole … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #173: Dividing a Circle into 7 Parts

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was a beautiful puzzle and amongst my favourite geometry puzzles. Unfortunately I did not get a perfect answer from anyone, even though I did receive an answer from Abhinav Jain and Pratik Poddar. I am taking the liberty of … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #172: Divisibility by First 13 Numbers

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Alok Goyal

This was perhaps too simple a problem, to the point that very few responded 😦 Thanks to Abhinav Jain and Pratik Poddar for sending in the correct answers. The answer is 360,360. We are already told that the answer for … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #171: Buying Dimsums

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Alok Goyal

Many puzzles sometimes give you a glimpse of some amazing brilliance that lies all around us – this was one such puzzle. While many of you gave the correct answer for the number (which is 11), and this included Abhinav … Continue reading →

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