"I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling your puzzles apart" [Coldplay]
Friday, March 30, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Problem 29: Numbers in circles
The figure shows seven circles joined by three straight lines. The numbers 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 96 are to be placed into the circles, one in each so that the product of the three numbers on each of the three lines is the same. Which of the numbers could go in the center?
Source: UKMT
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Problem 28: World Cup Standing
In the World Cup’s group stage, each group of four teams plays a round robin, with every team playing the other teams once each. A win is worth 3 points, a draw 1 point, and a loss 0 points. The points are tallied, and the top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage. For a given group — let’s pick Group A, which includes Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Uruguay — how many different final standings, including point totals, are possible for the group stage?
Source: fivethirtyeight
Friday, March 23, 2018
Rich Tasks 3: Number Crossword Challenge
Prepare a number
crossword using prime numbers, square and cubic numbers. Your target is to complete
it with the least amount of dark squares.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Problem 27: Three Candles
At the instant when the second candle totally finishes, the third candle's length is measured 2.5 cms.
What was the initial length of the candles?
Friday, March 16, 2018
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Problem 20: Order of Solids
Sandra places the given cards on a table as shown. Which of the following is the card placed the fifth?
Problem 19: Next Number in the Sequence
1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 9, 6, 9, 7, 13, 8, 12, 9, 17, 10, 15, 11, 21, 12, 18, 13, 25, 14, ?
Beautiful Gifs 4: Dynamic Müller-Lyer Illusions by Gianni A. Sarcone
Sarcone, Gianni A. "Dynamic Müller-Lyer Illusion." From Sarcone’s Studio -- A Sarcone & Waeber
https://www.giannisarcone.com/Muller_lyer_illusion.htmlCopyright © G. Sarcone
Monday, March 12, 2018
Problem 18: Skipping Sevens
Problem 17: Handshakes
UEFA Pre-Match Handshake ©Getty Images |
Before a football game starts each team player shakes hands of all other team players and the referees. There are 11 players in a football team and there are 3 referees for the game, in the pre-match ceremony. How many handshakes will there be in total?
- 124
- 155
- 188
- 242
- 255
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Problem 13: Circles inside the square
The pink circle has radius R, and orange circle has radius r.
Find the length of R in terms of r.
This problem is moderated from here.
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