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Solution to Puzzle #70: Equal Heads

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Alok Goyal

Was a difficult puzzle – I got three correct answers for this. Vivek Shah, Mihir and Aman Singla in that order sent the correct answers – very impressed! Here is the solution: Make 2 stacks – one of 10 and … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #70: Equal Heads (Outstanding Puzzle!)

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Alok Goyal

This one is one of the best puzzles I have come across in recent times…contributed by Vardhan Rajkumar based out of London. I do not know the original source of the puzzle. No special knowledge or skill required, so suitable … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #66: All The King’s Wine

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Alok Goyal

Got the most hits to the puzzle site this week for 2014…thanks! I got many correct answers, though the one I loved the most was from Anavi Baddepudi, a 10 year old from Singapore. From the answer, it seemed that she … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #66: All the King’s Wine

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Alok Goyal

A delightful puzzle, found this one on the site http://www.mindcipher.com. So there’s this king. Someone breaks into his wine cellar where he stores 1000 bottles of wine. This person proceeds to poison one of the 1000 bottles, but gets away … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #62: How Much Did I Drink?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Alok Goyal

This is another puzzle I picked up from Brilliant.org posted by Can Hou and the puzzle is originally from Oxford University interviews. I have a pint of orange juice. I drink half of it and then give it to you. … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #60: Hats and Survival

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Alok Goyal

I got a few correct answer, the first one came from Akash Tayal from New Jersey. Well done! Am taking the liberty of reproducing his answer directly: Out of total 8 permutations, There are 6 ways that the cap colors … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #60: Hats and Survival

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Alok Goyal

I just heard this puzzle 15 minutes back at Alok Mittal’s Mathematical Circles where he gave this puzzle to all the children. Great puzzle – will encourage all children as well as adults to try this. There is an unlimited … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #58: The Survivor

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Alok Goyal

Thanks for an outstanding response to the puzzle! This was not an easy puzzle. I got the correct answer from The trio of Ashish+Arushi+Ishir, as well as Shruti Mittal, who did a great job of solving the puzzle with the … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #55: Three Sages

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Alok Goyal

Apologies for the delay in posting the answer…I was on vacation for a week. I got two correct answers to this puzzle – found this puzzle to be just a little tough for younger children, and did not receive any … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #55: Three Sages

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Alok Goyal

This is a puzzle that has many variations, I heard this first time in Class XI, through my then class teacher Ravi Gopinath. The current version is from the book “The Moscow Puzzles” by Boris A. Kordemsky (Edited by Martin … Continue reading →

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