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Solution to Puzzle #159: Winning Strategy With Coins

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was indeed a beautiful puzzle, thanks again Prateek! Apologies that I could not post anything last weekend, I was traveling. I got correct answers from Suman Saraf, Pratik Poddar and Shruti Mittal – well done all. Reproducing the answer … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #158: Trees in a Row

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a simple puzzle, though I did not get as many answers as I would have liked to. That said, I had only done one possible answer, but trust some of the puzzle gurus to send in some really … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #157: Journey of a Monk

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a very nice puzzle – not an easy one and as such I received answers from the classical die hards. People who sent the correct answers include Suman Saraf and his daughter (I think age 10!), Sid Mulherkar, … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #156: Area of the 8th Block

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Thanks Suman again for this lovely puzzle. The usual suspects came back with the right answer – Karan, Sid Mulherkar and Abhinav Jain (and I am not counting Suman or his daughter on this one). Was a simple puzzle, but … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #155: Bugs on a Square

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was an old puzzle, and many of you had done it before. Many people sent the right answer, though many people sent wrong answers as well. Folks who did it correctly included Suman Saraf, Prakhar Prakash, Sid Mulherkar, Vishal … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #154: Can You Divvy Up the Gold?

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Apologies for not posting last week, I was traveling on a short break with family. This was a relatively simple problem for most people, and I received lots of correct answers. Correct answers came from Amit Mittal, Suman Saraf, Abhinav … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #153: Get Your Gifts

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Alok Goyal

A very nice puzzle and many people sent me answers. I was disappointed that not too many children tried it. Even though I am posting the solution, I would encourage you to try to puzzle with your children. Many people … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #152: The Four Weights

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Alok Goyal

You give simple problems to avid puzzlers and mathematicians, and you always find some twists to the problem that you never thought of. This puzzle was one of them. But before I go into the complications, here are the people … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #151: Journey from 458 to 14

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a simple puzzle and I got lots of correct answers. Ones to send correct answers were Suman Saraf’s daughter, Amit Mittal, Ram, Karan Sharma, Pratik Poddar, Ravish Aggarwal, Prakhar Prakash and Smiti Mittal. My elder one, Anisha, also … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #150: The Tutu Coin Puzzle

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Thanks for the many messages I received for Tutu and his family, truly appreciate that! This was an already posted puzzle, so not many people responded. I got two more correct answers from Mohit Khare and Sunil Dhar – well … Continue reading →

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