"I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling your puzzles apart" [Coldplay]
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Friday, May 29, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Draw a snake!
The following grid will be filled with numbers 1 to 64. Place the numbers in such a way that the consecutive numbers form a snake where the grid with number 1 is the head of the snake and the grid with 64 is the tail.
You can move to the left or right, up or down but not diagonal.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Problem 152: No Overlapping route
Start from the star and draw through the blue squares and come back to the star:
1. You must pass through all the blue squares and one time the most.
2. You cannot pass through the dark squares.
3. The line cannot pass through itself.
Rich Tasks 78: Powers of 2. What do you see? What Do you wonder?
Examine the given grid above.
What patterns can you find? Try to use exponent laws. (Hint: Check diagonals)
Problem 151: Magic Squares 4
Place the numbers 1 to 36 in the above squares so that each row, column, and diagonal have the same sum: 111. Some numbers are given to help you.
Problem 150: Magic Squares 3
Place the numbers 1 to 25 in the above squares so that each row, column, and diagonal have the same sum. Some numbers are placed to help you.
Problem 149: Magic Squares 2
Place the numbers 1 to 16 in the above squares so that each row, column, and diagonal have the same sum.
Problem 148: Magic Squares 1
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Rich Tasks 77: 1 billion seconds old!
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Problem 144: Three Moves
Move matches so that each pile holds 8 matches. You may add to any pile only as many matches as it already contains, and all the matches must come from one other pile. For example, if a pile holds 6 matches, you may add 6 to it, no more or less. You have three moves.
Source: Moscow Puzzles, Boris A. Kordemsky
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020
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