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A Special Tic Tac Toe... |
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In Arnold's Tic Tac Toe, three in
a row loses! You are playing the "O"'s and it is your turn. What move
can you make to force Arnold to end up with three "X"'s in a row, so he
loses? |
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Bear paw... |
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Roland has sketched three
different front views of a Teddy Bear for a new building project. From
the three sketches, can you select the front view that Roland chose to
make the three-dimensional Teddy Bear illustrated above? |
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Spinning Skaters... |
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Roland has just completed a new
music box. When he spins the green belt wheel clockwise, will the two
skating couples spin in the same direction or in opposite directions? |
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Cryptic Note... |
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Bob has just been handed a note
from Linda, which appears to be written in some sort of code. From the
clues she has given, can you help Bob break this code and read the
message? |
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Last Waffle... |
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Betty has a problem, for the last
waffle came out of the press as shown, and the twins ALWAYS insist that
their waffles each have the same shape. Can you help Betty and show her
how to cut the waffle to get two identical pieces? (Note: the twins
can't tell the difference between a knife cut and the baked outside of a
waffle.) |
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Convention Chortle... |
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Hilda D. Rosen, Earl Wade, and
Roy Kewn had a big laugh at the convention when they realized that the
letters of their names, when rearranged, spelled out the names of each
of their home States. From what State does each of these delegates hail? |
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Mall Madness... |
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Kimberly headed to the mall with
$60. If she spends 1/4 of her money on clothes, $30 on CD's and 10% of
her original money pigging out at the food court, how much cash will she
have left? |
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Word Thoughts... |
Percy has found a new word game.
What single four letter word can be placed before each of the words
below to make four new words? (Hyphenated words are allowed.)
_ _ _ _ TRAP, _ _ _ _ PLACE, _ _ _ _ BUG, and _ _ _ _ FLY |
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Upside-Down Coin Stacks... |
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Can Joan arrange a triangle of
coins upside-down by moving only three coins? The only rule is that
every time she moves a coin to a new position, it must touch two other
coins. |
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Five Minute Timer... |
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The young sorceress is cooking up
a brew that needs to simmer for five minutes, plus or minus a few
seconds. All she has to measure with are a four-minute timer and a
three-minute timer. Using only these instruments, can she successfully
time her simmering? If so, how? |
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Last Updated: November 22, 2007 |
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