Brain Teasers and Puzzles

hi, i raninto problems with the attached questions. can someone solve it, pls state the answer with the reasoning behind, thanks. pattern logic.doc

Hazh is a game I invented for which I have yet to document the rules. It is based on a number of players taking it in turns cyclically to draw symbols onto a grid of a given size, each grid square can hold only one symbol. When one of a set of given spatial pattern of symbols appears anywhere on the grid a player wins. Thease winning conditions are agreed on before the game starts by drawing them symbolically beside the grid. The notation used is designed to group the conditions such that they are perceptually easy to understand, not to be mathamatically easy to describe, it is also irrelevant to creating a generic solution to this problem therefore I will…

Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Also, do it in the order that it is written. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?

If I take a bucket and begin filling it with tap water from a faucet, what would be the result if I kept moving the bucket up and down in the stream as it was filling verses keeping it stationary at the bottom of the stream. No water splashes out. a) It would take less time to fill b) It would take more time to fill. c) It would take the same amount of time. Bee

A one legged man stands on a Ledge; in his hand is a Wedge. The man falls off the Ledge, loses his Wedge. What happened to it? Answer: It was broken into a "V" How did I come to that conclusion using subtraction and simple geometry? This is a simple puzzle I made up last night... Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedHint: Pay attention to the in-bold letters..

2 easy math riddles... i know the answers but i'm not telling! 1) You are using the scales on the left picture... You have 9 coins. One of them is fake and weighs lighter then the other ones. After using the scales only twice, how do you figure out which coin is fake? 2) You are using the scales on the right picture (with exact amount)... You have 10 stacks with 10 coins each. 9 of the stacks are real, and contain coins that weigh 1 gram each. 1 of the stacks is fake and contains coins that weigh 1.1 grams. After using the scales only once, how do you find the fake stack?

I cant solve them plz can you. Q1.Below is the cut out shape which can be used to create three of the cubes shown. Which three cubes cannot be made from this shape? (A)1, 3, 5 (B)2, 4, 6 ©3, 4, 6 (D)2, 3, 5 Q2)Can you tell how many symbols are missing from the bottom right hand balance? (A)4 symbols (B)5 symbols ©6 symbols (D)7 symbols Q3)How many squares are there in the diagram below? (A)25 (B)27 ©29 (D)31 Q4)Using the black "T" shape, fill in the white area of the diagram below. How many T's are required in order that no gaps are left? (A)5 T's (B)10 T's ©15 T's (D)20 T's

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Transform each number into its square using only the digits of each number. You can add, subtract, and/or multiply the digits in various combinations, but all numbers must use the same exact formula. Hint: uses an old-school calculation algorithm when necessary. I came up with this in 3rd grade. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 If you got the correct formula, it'll also work on numbers 0-9. But can any formula work beyond 20?

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For all of you mathematicians out there i already know that it is impossible. If anyone can figure this out i will be genuinely amazed. connect the dots of this series of dots on a piece of paper without lifting your utensil or going back over a line. Also the lines between the dots must be directly from one to another the dots are like this: one on top, one below it, and two below that in a trianglular shape Best of luck, One of the Few

A man takes the same train home every day, and his wife drives to the station to pick him up, meeting the train exactly as it arrives. One day he catches an earlier train, getting to the station an hour early. Its a nice day so he starts walking along the route that his wife always drives. She meets him along the way and drives him the rest of the way home. They get home 10 minutes earlier than usual. How long was the commuter walking?

101 121 314 516 and the other is: WITNLIT_ look for the next in the sequence(what is it)

Einstein's problem Albert Einstein supposedly said that 98% of the people in the world couldn't solve this one: There are 5 houses sitting next to each other, each with a different color, occupied by 5 guys, each from a different country, and with a favorite drink, cigarette, and pet. Here are the facts: The British occupies the red house. The Swedish owns a dog. The Danish drinks tea. The green house is on the left of the white house. The owner of the green house drinks coffee. The person who smokes "Pall Mall" owns a bird. The owner of the yellow house smokes "Dunhill". The owner of the middle house drinks milk. The N…

Here is a little trick I developed learning about anthropology. Try to think of something, anything, and when you do is whatever you thought of associable with anything you already possessed knowledge about? The goal is to think of something you can not associate with any prior knowledge you have.

Can you find a complex number which, when multiplied by its complex conjugate, is -1? Today, I tried to find one.

Hi all, Just a few primitive teasers to occupy your mind with. Find a way to generate these sequences: 1. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64... 2. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13... 3. 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6... And one that's a little harder: 4. 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 5, 3... Enjoy, Gabe

My little math cryptogram A B C +D E F +F G H _____ I E D Rule: Each letter signifies a number 1-9 Hint: A = 5 B > G C > H Can you solve it?

Use addition and multiplication to make theese numbers add up to 100: 123456789 You cannot change the order of the numbers. You also cannot use a number two times. You must use them in the order shown. To make it harder, only use 1 multiplication mark! In my class I showed it to everyone, and the teacher saw it and said she would give a peice of candy to whoever solved it over the weekend. I'm the only one who got candy because no one got it!! The answer will be posted in a week, giving you some time to think... If you get it right...... I dunno. Maybe there will be some sort of virtual prize. Each week a new puzzle will be up, cuz I make a ton in my spare…

Complete the following sequence: O T T F F S S E _ _ Good luck.....

Hi All My name is Rachida and I have become obssesed with Brain Games My 2 favorite site are fitbrains.com and gamesforthebrain.com I honestly can be online 5hrs straight w/o realizing it...and trust me I'm not playing them cause i think they will help me improve some or all parts of my brain:-p What do you guys things of this whole Brain Games thingy?

hello geniuses and not so geniuses,i would like some help with a cryptogram i can not solve and im very bad at cryptograms. SAT TARY UV MIGLI UL PAUN ST heres also a poem that comes with it: MY LATIN I HOLD DEAR, OF LETTERS I HAVE TEN, BUT MAY I NEVER SEE NOR HEAR, THOSE CHERISHED WORDS AGAIN. PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS 1 I REALY CANT CRACK IT.

Good morning people, The 12 odd ball problem! Here is a statement of the task. There are twelve balls, all the same size, shape and color. All weigh the same, except that one ball is minutely different in weight, but not noticeably so in the hand. Moreover, the odd ball might be "lighter" or "heavier" than the others. Your challenge was to discover the odd ball and whether it is lighter or heavier. You must use a beam balance only, and you are restricted to "three weighing operations" Alan

I have been trying to solve this cryptogram for days and I'm getting frustrated. Can anybody help me? QCKJWCCXZCIBKKWBNJIKEILDTNSXTXOKEFOKTZLNACOOEBMJIRFASFASSFSSYHLTJVASYWKYYBFFWOVJQEIYOFELEVPSAFNBNJIBNOLDGFXYIOCDOJLXNGASSFSJYCWTTJILEZIHEFXYCNOPIZOYQFIPSFXYKJYFKIWBTZAKNWQVKBUPELCBFCOAWWSVDCSYGNCTZCSRFTTKQNQJATLVEBGBFCKGEILVNLLSXFXPQLFXTVOSJEEJALICNJ I belive the first part says ITSNOTTHAT

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