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Solution to Puzzle #48: The Twelve Matches
Once again, thank you for the overwhelming response, and I was very happy to see that the two correct answers came from two children – from Muskaan Mittal and Ashish Tutakne – well done! A very creative answer from Pankaj … Continue reading
Puzzle #48: The Twelve Matches
Martin Garder books have an unending supply of great puzzles, and here is another one from Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions, Chapter 12, puzzle #6. Given that a match is one unit long, it is possible to arrange 12 matches on … Continue reading
Puzzle #44: Thinking Outside the Box
This is a nice cute puzzle with a “small” trick – I took this from the book “The Moscow Puzzles” by Boris A. Kordemsky (Puzzle #175). In the diagram, 3 matches are connected with balls of plastic to make an … Continue reading
Puzzle #32: Removing the Coins
This is a very nice geometry puzzle taken from the Mathematical Circus, by Martin Gardner. The puzzle is originally devised by Kobon Fujimura, a leading puzzler from Japan. Look at the figure below which has 10 coins arranged as an … Continue reading
Solution to Puzzle #28: Cake Cutting
I got a relatively muted response to this puzzle, but some very interesting answers among them. Specifically, I want to congratulate Mayuri+Mehul, as well as Tishyaa for very innovative answers. Jyotsana Dube also sent a correct answer, but not universally … Continue reading
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
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