Category Archives: Solution

Solution to Puzzle #139: Gold Links

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Apologies for skipping last weekend, I was traveling on work! I got correct answers from three people – Pratik Poddar, Abhinav Jain and Suman Saraf. Well done! Most people thought binary, i.e. have links of size 1, 2, 4, 8, … Continue reading →

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Solution To Puzzle #138: Traffic in Floyd’s Knob

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Alok Goyal

I loved this puzzle so much that I ended up putting the original picture for the puzzle, not realising that the one Martin Gardner had put in his book was a different one, and therefore some of the description of … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #137: The Burning Island

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Alok Goyal

As I mentioned, this was an untypical problem, and I did not get as many responses 😦 The ones who responded correctly included Girish Tutakne, Suman Saraf and Neeraj Aggarwal+Anisha Goyal as a team over the lunch table! Solution is … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #136: Talkative Eve

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was not as difficult a puzzle as it appeared to be, though required some work! Was glad to see most of the regular puzzlers answer this, which included Karan, Abhinav Jain, Suman Saraf, Girish Tutakne and Ruchir Godura (welcome … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #135: Two Dice = Nine Cards

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a beautiful puzzle and only a few people sent correct answers. Only Suman Saraf sent the correct answer – fantastic job, this was a tough one – hats off to you! Gurmeet.net, the place I took the solution from, … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #134: Rotating Coins

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was indeed a gem of a puzzle, and the more I have thought about it, the more I like it. Thanks again to Girish Tutakne for sharing this puzzle. I received a few correct answers – Suman Saraf, Prakhar … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #133: Find the Letters

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a relatively simple problem and many people sent me the correct solution, that includes – Anisha and Arushi Goyal (together), Piyush Maheshwari, Suman Saraf, Karan Sharma, Manjiri, Arun Kohli and Abhinav Jain. Well done all! The answer is as … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #132: Boys, Girls and Pennies

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Alok Goyal

I got a few correct solutions to the puzzle – Suman Saraf, Manjiri and Karan Sharma. Congratulations to all three! Answer: Boys count out at interval of 14 and girls count out at interval of 13. Unfortunately, I was hoping … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #131: The Pyramid Problem

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Alok Goyal

This was a ver unintuitive problem, and thanks again to my nephew Karan Sharma on sending this problem. People who sent the correct answers included Abhinav Jain, Pratik Poddar and Suman Saraf. The answer is 5. It is kind of … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #130: The Plato Riddle

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Alok Goyal

Thanks again to Sirisha for this wonderful puzzle. As I mentioned this was more of a teaser, and a play with words more than math. I only got two correct answers – One from Girish Tutakne and another from Vikas … Continue reading →

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