tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78302876621664502102024-03-04T20:19:00.180-08:00Daily Maths PuzzleMichael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-33376845027571144832014-01-05T01:00:00.000-08:002014-01-05T01:00:11.037-08:0005/01/2014 - 12th Day (**) This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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Here's another classic puzzle that we've yet to look at.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">...and so forth, until the last verse:</span></div>
<dl style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me..</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12 Drummers Drumming</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11 Pipers Piping</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10 Lords-a-Leaping</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9 Ladies Dancing</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8 Maids-a-Milking</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7 Swans-a-Swimming</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6 Geese-a-Laying</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5 Gold Rings</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4 Colly Birds</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 French Hens</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2 Turtle Doves</span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.</span></dd>
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<dl style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;">So, on the first day the true love gave 1 item (a Partridge in a Pear Tree). On the second day he gave 3 items (2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree), summing to 4 items in total!</dl>
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<dl style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">What is the total sum of all the gifts by the end of the twelfth day?</span></dl>
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Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-14660794689643906702013-12-25T01:00:00.000-08:002013-12-25T01:00:01.809-08:0025/12/2013 - Christmas Pudding (*)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">This puzzle is rated 1 star (easy).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Father Christmas spends 364 days of the year as a taster of Christmas puddings (which is why he is so round and jolly). Recently he came across a Magic Pudding. </span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;">If you eat some of this pudding, the next thing you say comes out in a magic code.</span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;">Father Christmas tried it, liked it, and said:</span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;">"IP! IP! IP! XIBU B MPWFMZ QVEEJOH! NFSSZ DISJTUNBT BOE B IBQQZ OFX ZFBS UP ZPV BMM!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Puzzle</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">What did Father Christmas Say?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span></span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-43091127173863804062013-12-24T01:00:00.000-08:002013-12-24T01:00:05.376-08:0024/12/2013 - Mince Pies (*)This puzzle is rated 1 star (easy).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Father Christmas has to visit a lot of homes on Christmas Eve when he is out delivering presents. He usually gets a glass of sherry and a mince pie at each house too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Now, Father Christmas can manage the sherry, but finds eating all those mince pies quite difficult. So </span></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Rudolph</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> helps him out.</span></span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">Last year Father Christmas finished his rounds with lots of mince pies to spare. He gave 25 million (25 000 000) to Rudolph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">It takes Rudolph just 10 seconds to eat a mince pie. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Puzzle</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How long did it take Rudolph to eat all 25 million mince pies, without stopping? </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An hour? A day? A week?</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span></span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-9064661953006346042013-05-03T01:00:00.000-07:002013-05-03T01:00:16.179-07:0003/05/2013 - Triangles and Quadrilaterals (**)This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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A slight change from our "how many triangles" puzzles!<br />
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
How many triangles and quadrilaterals are there in the above shape.<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-70821124942596812982013-04-01T01:00:00.000-07:002013-04-01T01:00:01.006-07:0001/04/2013 - How Many Triangles 4 (**)<br />
This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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Make sure you can clearly see the image shown above.<br />
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
How many triangles are there in the shape shown above?<br />
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Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-91900802458551535092013-03-25T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-25T01:00:01.979-07:0025/03/2013 - When? 2 (**)This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Nine days ago, the day before yesterday was three weeks before a party.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Puzzle</u></b></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If it is Sunday, what day of the week is the party on?</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span></span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-13194910730603022612013-03-21T01:00:00.000-07:002013-04-08T14:55:02.427-07:0021/03/2012 - Countdown (**)This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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<b><u>Description</u></b><br />
Here in the UK there is a TV programme called "Countdown". Countdown is primarily about creating words from randomly chosen letters, but there is a couple of rounds based around numeracy. Basically the contestant picks a random set of numbers and using only the numbers a maximum of 1 time and the operations add, subtract, multiply and divide he has to make a total.<br />
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Sometimes these are hard to get...<br />
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
Using the rules of Countdown outlined above to make 446 using the numbers 100, 6, 2, 8, 9 and 5.<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.<br />
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<br />Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-75785979370461853432013-03-20T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-20T01:00:06.301-07:0020/03/2013 - Dominoes 2 (**)<br />
This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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Use above and imagine (or use) 4 dominoes labelled 6:6, 6:2, 2:5, 3:1, 1:5, 4:6, 5:6, 3:3 and 2:1.<br />
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Place the dominoes 6:6, 6:2, 2:5, 3:1, 1:5, 4:6, 5:6, 3:3 and 2:1, so that the correct numbers are covered by the dominoes.<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.<br />
Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-22315022355967277322013-03-19T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-19T05:25:03.945-07:0019/03/2013 - Alphamaths (**)<span style="font-family: inherit;">This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">A is one-third of C and one-quarter of G</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">G is ten lower than H</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">H is double the value of F, but four lower than B</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">B is six higher than D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">D is double the value of E</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">the value of E is lower than G</span></li>
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<strong><u>Puzzle</u></strong><br />
From the following six clues, find the values of the letters A to H. Each letter contains a different whole number in the range 1-30.<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-46264948500123169792013-03-18T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-18T01:00:07.259-07:0018/03/2013 - Strawberry Picking (*)This puzzle is rated 1 star (easy).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
gardener planted a row of 10
strawberry plants in his garden, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">setting
them exactly 1 m apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Each
plant produced just one strawberry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When
picking time came, the stupid
gardener placed a basket </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">1
m from the end of the row, and then proceeded to pick and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">carry
each strawberry to the basket one by one</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
How far did the gardener have to walk when picking his strawberries?<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct solution.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-2962272769604801182013-03-17T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-19T05:05:20.562-07:0017/03/2013 - Four Times Table (*)This puzzle is rated 1 star (easy).<br />
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<strong><u>Description</u></strong><br />
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For this puzzle you need to know your 4 times table.<br />
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The sequence is 4 + 8 + 12 + 16, etc (adding multiples of 4). Giving totals of 4, 12, 24, 40, etc.<br />
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<strong><u>Puzzle</u></strong><br />
What is the first number past 200 that you reach?<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-58682351904007901652013-03-16T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-16T01:00:03.959-07:0016/03/2013 - Sponsored Walk (**)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Harry recently went on a Sponsored Walk to raise funds for new equipment at the local Hospital. His sponsor form looked like this:</span></span><br />
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<tr><th><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sponsor's Name</span></th><th><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amount<br />Per km</span></th><th><span style="font-family: inherit;">Total</span></th></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fat Freda</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dim Jim</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tall Tanya</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">£3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Silly Cilla</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">C.U.Jimmy</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Albert Bodge</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">£2.50</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Roland Heap</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nice Nigel</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">£4.50</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Merlin Shriek</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carol Singer</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25p</span></td><td style="line-height: 17px;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">Altogether Harry collected £22.00 from his sponsors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><u>Puzzle</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">How far did he walk?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span></span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-44663202271235043462013-03-15T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-15T01:00:06.179-07:0015/03/2013 - Alpha-numbers (*)This puzzle is rated 2 star (easy).<br />
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Write out the numbers 1 to 20 (inclusive) in order, as words.<br />
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
When placing these numbers in alphabetical order, how many numbers remain in their original position?<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-84925823173502520962013-03-13T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-13T13:13:50.517-07:0013/03/2013 - Old News (***)This puzzle is rated 3 star (hard)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A newspaper is printed on 8 large sheets of paper that are laid on top of each other and folded in half. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This means that the newspaper has 32 pages altogether.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 20px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;">The first sheet contains pages 1, 2, 31 and 32.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u><br />Puzzle</u></b><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;">I pick up a sheet containing page 25. What are the other pages that this sheet contains?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span></span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-6427308890177074462013-03-12T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-12T01:00:08.998-07:0012/03/2013 - How Many Triangles 3 (**)This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
How many triangles are there in the shape shown above?<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-64139270020785797362013-03-07T01:00:00.000-08:002013-03-13T13:10:02.435-07:0007/03/2013 - True Number (**)This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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<b><u>Description</u></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">I am thinking of a 6-digit number. The sum of the digits is 43. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">And only two of the following three statements about the number are true: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">It's a square number,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">It's a cube number, and</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">The number is under 500000.</span></span></li>
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
What is the number?<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-64341445754651109472013-03-06T01:00:00.000-08:002013-03-13T05:16:32.909-07:0006/03/2013 - Four 4s (10-19) (**)<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">During this puzzle you can only use the following mathematical functions:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Addition</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Subtraction</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Multiplication</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Division</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Decimal point</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Square-root</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Brackets</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Power (e.g. 4 to the power 4 is 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 256)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">The number of 4 exactlyf 4 times.</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></li>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Puzzle</span></u></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Using only the mathematical functions and the number 4 (EXACTLY 4 times) construct the numbers from 10 to 19.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-90778321087024340852013-03-05T01:00:00.000-08:002013-03-05T04:40:15.523-08:0005/03/2013 - Adding It Wrong! (**)This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).<br />
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This is an additional table that seems to follow a different pattern.<br />
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<b><u>Puzzle</u></b><br />
Work out the missing number.<br />
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Check the solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-75219223960758083052013-03-04T01:00:00.000-08:002013-03-04T01:00:06.665-08:0004/03/2013 - How Much? (**)<span style="font-family: inherit;">This puzzle is rated 2 star (medium).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brian was about to pay £12 for a number of cakes, but then the baker decided two throw two extra ones in for free, because they were so little.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By adding the two extra cakes the cakes now cost one pound a dozen less than when Brian was about to pay.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><b><u>Puzzle</u></b> </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Tell now how many eggs she received for her twelve cents?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Check the solutions page</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"> for the correct answer.</span></span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-76620236438007424332013-03-03T01:00:00.000-08:002013-03-04T00:28:14.637-08:0003/03/2013 - Weighing the Baby (***)This puzzle is rated 3 star (hard).<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A the mother weighs 100 pounds more than the combined weight of the baby and the dog, and the dog weighs 60 percent less than the baby?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">How much does the baby weigh?</span><br />
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This is just a straight algebra questions, but there is an easier way to work it out.<br />
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X72 + 3Y8 = 47Z<br />
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Work out X, Y and Z.<br />
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Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-66159543224489565832013-03-01T01:00:00.000-08:002013-03-01T01:00:00.243-08:0001/03/2013 - What Symbol? (*)This puzzle is rated 1 star (easy).<br />
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Write out the numbers seven and eight, with a space between them.<br />
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What mathematical symbol can you put between the seven and the eight, to get a number bigger than seven but smaller than eight?<br />
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<br />Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-906413630126114842013-02-28T01:00:00.000-08:002013-02-28T01:00:00.516-08:0028/02/2013 - Coin Jumping (***)<span id="goog_1362732249"></span><span id="goog_1362732250"></span>This puzzle is rated 2 star (hard).<br />
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Layout 10 coins in a row.<br />
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Coins must jump two places and over exactly two coins each time (either one coin in each of the two spaces it is jumping or over two coins in one place and zero coins in the other place). This rule has been shown above.<br />
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Using the rules given above end with 5 stacks of 2 coins.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Check the solutions page for the correct answer.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830287662166450210.post-35438877642884232122013-02-27T01:00:00.000-08:002013-02-27T01:00:02.765-08:0027/02/2013 - Three Cups (*)This puzzle is rated 1 star (easy).<div>
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Three cups are placed on a table, with the outer two facing up and the middle one facing down.</div>
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Flipping two cups each move, make three moves to have all the cups facing up.</div>
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A nice bit of algebra this one.<br />
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ABCD x E = DCBA<br />
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Work out what A, B, C, D and E are for the above equation to work.<br />
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Check the Solutions page for the correct answer.Michael Quigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576434356720067096noreply@blogger.com0