Cut

A chocolate brownie emerges from the oven. Karen cuts the square brownie in half. She then divides one of the halves into two smaller but equal parts. Before she can eat the larger piece, two of her friends unexpectedly arrive. Karen wants everyone to have the same amount of dessert. In the fewest number of cuts, how can she produce three equal portions?

Answer:

Able to read and write!

What word means “able to read and write”? To get the answer, you’ll need to solve the puzzle on this page. To begin, look at the word chart below. Only one of the three words next to each noun in boldface is a type of that noun. Circle it, then write it in the grid where it belongs. You’ll know where to write the word because its last letter already appears in the grid. Write across using one letter per box. (The words won’t fill every box in the row.) When you’re done, you’ll have your answer in the column down the center of the puzzle!

Answer:


Puzzle Answer: literate

tool/chisel; water/geyser;
clothing/leotard; star/nova;
house/bungalow; color/ivory;
sound/thud; bird/ostrich
1.b u n g a l o w
2. i v o r y
3. l e o t a r d
4. g e y s e r
5. o s t r i c h
6. n o v a
7. t h u d
8. c h i s e l

Missing Section

Which is the missing section?

Answer:

D; each line across and down contains an arrow pointing north, south, east and west.

Dédalo Puzzle

Connect the numbers in pairs by drawing horizontal lines or vertical (not diagonal) that can not cross or pass one on the other lines. All squares of the grid must be crossed!

Dédalo Puzzle

Answer:

Three Dimensional Sudoku

This is a Three Dimensional Sudoku puzzle. The arrows indicate the dimensions of the 3 Sudoku puzzles. Can you solve it in 30 minutes?

Three Dimensional Sudoku

Answer:

The Magic Square

The Magic Square is possibly the oldest mathematical puzzle in C existence. Examples have been found dating back to before 2000 BC. By AD 900 one Arab treatise was recommending that pregnant women should wear a charm marked with a Magic Square for a favorable birth. Can you distribute the numbers 1 through 16 in this 4x4 square so that lines across, lines down, and major diagonals all add up to the same total?

?	?	?	?
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?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?

Answer:


There are several arrangements. Here is one of them:

16	3	2	13
5	10	11	8
9	6	7	12
4	15	14	1

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Quick Fit for Attention [1]

Look at the four figures below for 40 seconds. Then scroll down.

Those four figures are grouped below with similar figures. Without looking at the above picture, find the four figures. To help you, the order in which the figures are presented is the same as their order in the above picture.

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Last Word

Carefully read the following four sentences and try to memorize the last word of each sentence. Then scroll down to continue the exercise.

Bill and I had joint capital of about six hundred dollars.

The language arts teacher married his daughter to the history and geography teacher.

He was eating his sandwich hungrily, for he had eaten nothing since morning.

The bottles were kept cool in a canvas bucket that hung from the roof.

Math Tricks Everyone Must Know [Kindle Edition]

A) If you have read each sentence carefully, you should be able to answer the following question easily.
How much was there in joint capital?

six hundred dollars
seven hundred dollars
eight hundred dollars

B) Now write down the last word of each sentence in the same order as presented.

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Discover Missing Numbers

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EGR

For the game that follow, list as many words as you can, using the designated letters in the sequence specified. You can use only one form of each word-for example, telegraph shouldn't also be listed as telegraphing. Words with different meanings, however, such as desertand desertion, can be used, even if they have the same root. No proper nouns allowed in this game.

The letters "egr" appear in this sequence in at least 25 words-list as many as you can.

__________ , __________ , __________ , __________ ,

__________ , __________ , __________ , __________ ,

__________ , __________ , __________ , __________ ,

__________ , __________ , __________ , __________ ,

__________ , __________ , __________ , __________ ,

__________ , __________ , __________ , __________ ,

__________ .

Answer:


A score of 15 is fine; 18, first-rate; 22, fantastic!
begrime, begrudge, biodegradable, degrade, degranulation, degree, degression, disintegrate, egregious, egress, egret, integrand, integrate, integrity, integrodifferential, legroom, megrim, negritude, peregrine, regress, regret, regroup, segregate, telegram, telegraph.

Hexagons

Answer:

Wrong Door

Which door is wrong?

Answer:


E
The knob is on the wrong side.

Missing Letter

Which letter is missing from the lower middle hexagon?

Answer:


M
Working in rows, add together the numerical values of the left and right hand letters to give the numerical value of the central letter.

Word Scramble Puzzles [No. 1]

Review the following definitions in 2 minutes or less then solve the Word Scramble Puzzles that follow.

During the time of solving the puzzles, do not refer to the list of definitions!

When finished, write down your score out of 20 in a paper entitled as Word Scramble Puzzles No. 1. Keep this score as you may require it for evaluating your progress in the future.

A strip or ridge of rocks, sand or coral near the surface of a body of water: reef
A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous: policy
Almost exact or correct: approximate
Struck with great surprise and emotional disturbance: shocked
Something that furnishes proof: evidence
One that gives evidence: witness
To have necessary or fitting qualifications: measure up
A conspicuous object serving as a guide: mark
Regrettable or infelicitous: unfortunate
An unforeseen event or circumstance : accident
An act that damages: injury
Inferior in importance: minor
Unquestionably: absolutely
To advise or counsel: recommend
A general physical examination: checkup
An arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time: appointment
Accurately: exactly
To represent in words : describe
Occur: happen
In the direction of: towards

Word Scramble Puzzles No. 1

1. A strip or ridge of rocks, sand or coral near the surface of a body of water: eref

2. A guiding principle or procedure considered expedient, prudent or advantageous: lpcioy

3. Almost exact or correct: poaparxemti

4. Struck with great surprise and emotional disturbance: chsdeko

5. Something that furnishes proof : edevniec

6. One that gives evidence: ntssiwe

7. To have necessary or fitting qualifications (two words): aseremu pu

8. A conspicuous object serving as a guide: rkma

9. Regrettable or infelicitous: turofantneu

10. An unforeseen event or circumstance : dcitcnea

11. An act that damages: uijnry

12. Inferior in importance: irnmo

13. Unquestionably: ultesbaoyl

14. To advise or counsel: nmcredmoe

15. A general physical examination: pckecuh

16. An arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time: piapeontmnt

17. Accurately: xealcyt

18. To represent in words : ecdbsire

19. Occur: aephpn

20. In the direction of: saotwdr

Missing Section

Answer:

Missing Square

Answer:

Symbols for Numbers

Each same symbol has a value. Work out the logic and discover what should replace the question mark.

Answer:

Three Dollar Bills

Three dollar bills were exchanged for a certain number of nickels and the same number of dimes. How many nickels were there?

Answer:



There were 20 nickels and 20 dimes.
To solve this, set up the following equations, where n = nickels and d = dimes: