Tag Archives: Weights puzzles

Somehow puzzles on weights and balances just never end! I found this great one in Martin Gardner’s The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems. Five objects, no two the same weight, are to be ranked in order of increasing … Continue reading →

Back to weights – Found this very nice puzzle in Mathematical Circus, by Martin Gardner (Chapter 11, Problem #6). This one was originally created by Paul Curry, who was also an amateur magician. You have six weights. One pair is … Continue reading →