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School Play |
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School has started but there is strife in the Drama department. A big
debate has started between the teachers and the drama students about
what they should do for this winter's play. The principle, tired of
weathering complaints from both teachers and student body, has laid down
the law - a decision must be reached by end of day on Friday or there
will be no play this year... |
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Bugs'
Traffic |
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The four bugs standing in the corners of a square start to crawl one
toward each other. Here comes the question: How far does each bug travel
before they all meet? |
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Fold
to Turn |
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Why does a bill behave so strange to be upright all the way? Maybe it
simply doesn't like to be folded and unfolded? |
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Feeding Schedule |
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Four residents of Park Street all left for vacation on Sunday evening.
Each family left behind a pet, whom one of the local teenagers had
agreed to take care of for them. Kristin, the local teenager, made a
schedule of stops for each day to cover the five different pets she
needed to take care of that week... |
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The 7
Knights Problem |
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It is easy to place 7 chess knights on a 3x3 board. But it becomes a
little bit different when there is a rule to move the knight after you
place it on the board, don't you say? |
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The
Number Grid Puzzle |
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Don't let the adjacent digits be... adjacent. The eight digits are
known, a simple grid is drawn and the systematic approach is
recommended. |
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To Work, To Work! |
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Monday morning, five people fight their way through commuter traffic to
the subway station on their way to work. Each person needed to get to a
different part of the city for work. Each used a different subway line,
conveniently labeled by color, and each line left at a different time... |
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Four
Stacks |
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Jumping over two coins every time rearrange a row of eight coins into
four stacks of two coins each. It can be done in four jumps - just keep
jumping. |
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Cross
vs. Square |
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The four identical pieces can be simultaneously used to form a Greek
cross and a perfect square. Can you discover both of these shapes? Any
ideas how on it? |
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Sleigh Ride |
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Sara and her husband, along with three other couples, went on a sleigh
ride Friday evening. With light flurries of snowflakes drifting down and
cool crisp air, they snuggled down under the blanket provided while
listening to the muted clip clop of the horses’ hooves and the silent
tinkling of the jingle bells on the harnesses. The sleigh ride took them
to a big barn, where a dance was being held... |
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Disk
in2 Ovals |
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Can you divide a circular table top into the fewest number of pieces so
that they could be rearranged into the seats of two oval stools with
open handholds? |
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The
Testa |
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It consists of nine rectangles, it uses five colors, and it reminds you
of the "different-colors-in-rows-and-columns" challenge all the way. |
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Last Updated: November 22, 2007 |
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