Monday, February 14, 2022

Twenty Socks in a Drawer

 

 


A girl had twenty socks in a drawer. There were ten red socks and ten green ones. One night, just as she was going to take out a pair of socks, the lights went out. If she wants to get a pair of the same color, red or green, what is the smallest number of socks she must take out of the drawer? Assume that the socks are all mixed up.


Soseki's Books

On the shelf stand volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the first edition of Soseki's I Am a Cat. The books have been lying there for a long time, and moths have dug a tunnel from page one of volume 1 to the last page of volume 3. The paper in each volume is 3 centimeters thick and its cover is 1 centimeter (front and back covers are 5 millimeters each). Can you tell how long the tunnel is?

 

 

 

 

Source: The Tokyo Puzzles

Newsletter Issue 12

 

Significant Figure - Issue 12 [Download]

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Monday, January 17, 2022

The Broken Window

 

 

 

Several children were playing in my backyard. Sud denly I heard the noise of a window breaking. I dashed out and saw four children looking at pieces of broken glass in my garage. Surely one of the children must have broken the garage window. 



"John broke the window," said Ann. 

"No, Gail did it," said John, grinning. 

Gail's sister Sally declared, "It wasn't me!" 

Gail said, "Me? John is a liar to say I did it." 

Of the four children only one spoke the truth. 

Who is the culprit? 

 

 


Source: The Tokyo Puzzles

Sunday, January 9, 2022

2022 puzzle

10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1 = 2022

 

 
 Place math operators and create a correct equation. (Use numbers 1 to 10 to make up to 2022)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

Monday, January 3, 2022

The Tropical Fish

 








(This is a puzzle from The Tokyo Puzzles written by Kobon Fujimura and edited by Martin Gardner)

The Dog Puzzle


This dog, made of matches, is here shown facing west. Make him face east by changing the positions of just two matches. It is easily done by moving three matches, but can you do it by moving only two?




(This is a puzzle from The Tokyo Puzzles written by Kobon Fujimura and edited by Martin Gardner)