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Solution to Puzzle #93: Slice a Pizza Within a Cricket Team

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Alok Goyal

I got a lot of correct responses for this puzzle. My real intent was to see how children/ other people can apply a concept learnt earlier to new problems. Many people sent me correct answers that include Anupam Jain, Abhinav … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #93: Slice a Pizza Within a Cricket Team

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Alok Goyal

Here is a world cup cricket puzzle, the text modified from an original one from http://www.mindcipher.com In Australia, the Indian cricket team was not able to get anything to eat, and were finally able to get one large circular vegetarian … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #91: Pebble Piles

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Alok Goyal

I again got a very high response this week – thanks again! There was only one correct answer from Gyora – well done! I am taking the liberty of reproducing the answer from Gurmeet, whose site is the source of … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #91: Pebble Piles

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Alok Goyal

Another very nice puzzle I read on gurmeet.net/puzzles/, which as I have mentioned before, has a set of very nice mathematical puzzles. You are given three piles with 5, 49 and 51 pebbles respectively. Two operations are allowed: (a) merge two … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #90: The Three Gamblers

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Alok Goyal

Fabulous response for the puzzle…one of the best weeks since I started the puzzle blog two years back…thanks and keep puzzling. I got three correct answers (of course other than Vaibhav Kalia who had contributed the puzzle). The answer is … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #90: The Three Gamblers

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Alok Goyal

Got this very nice puzzle from Vaibhav Kalia a while back, posting it on his behalf here. The three of us made some bets. First, Walter won from Martin as much as Walter had originally. Next, Martin won from Steve as much … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #89: Chameleons on an Island

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Alok Goyal

Thanks for trying this puzzle. I only got one correct answer  – from Gyora, and an “almost correct” and therefore a special mention, from Nandini, a 10 year old from Gurgaon. Well done Gyora and Nandini. I am taking the … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #89: Chameleons on an Island

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Alok Goyal

This is a very sweet puzzle I picked up from Gurmeet’s puzzles at http://gurmeet.net/puzzles/ (Thank you Gurmeet for such a wonderful collection of puzzles!). I tried this on a train ride with my two daughters, and my younger one (now 8 … Continue reading →

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Solution to Puzzle #85: Colliding Ants

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Alok Goyal

This was a difficult puzzle overall, and only two people sent correct answers – Aman Singla and Girish Tutakne. I think in the end this was a bit difficult for children! I am reproducing the answer from Aman, Girish had … Continue reading →

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Puzzle #85: Colliding Ants

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Alok Goyal

Very nice puzzle from gurmeet.net/puzzles, which has a great set of puzzles on the site. I am taking a puzzle from this site after a long time. This puzzle should be interesting for children as well as adults. Peter and … Continue reading →

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