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Puzzle
1
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What
is the least number of pieces a carpenter can cut the piece
of wood below to form a square table top?
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Solution
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| Puzzle
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Is
it possible for a carpenter to cut a cube of wood into 27
equal cubes in only six cuts? Is it possible to do it in fewer
cuts?
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| Puzzle
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A
number consisting of three different digits is subtracted
from a number made up of the same digits in reverse order.
The
result consists of the same three digits in yet another order.
What are the three numbers?
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| Puzzle
4 |
| Can
you take six drinking straws and make four triangles all with
sides of the same length? |
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| Puzzle
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What
nine digit numerical palindrome when multiplied by itself,
produces a seventeen digit numerical palindrome?
Hint:
This is a divine number.
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| Puzzle
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All
of the digits from 0 through 9 appear once in the multiplication
problem below. Fill in the missing digits and solve the problem.
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x 2 7
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| Puzzle
7 |
| What
is the smallest number that is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
with one digit left over, yet is evenly divided by 7? |
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| Puzzle
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Place
the remaining numbers from 4 to 10 in the seven divisions
of the above figure so that the outer divisions total 30 and
each geometric figure totals 30.
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| Puzzle
9 |
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Aeronautics
has set many speed and reliability records, yet one aircraft
is still unable to fly a distance greater than one mile, despite
considerable research.
What
class of aircraft is this?
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| Puzzle
10 |
How
did the carpenter make a cube dovetailed together exactly
as shown above?
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| Puzzle
11 |
How
many regular hexagons does this picture contain?
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| Puzzle
12 |
| What
is a two word anagram for the word ASTRONOMERS that means roughly
the same thing? |
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J.L. Read, 1998. All Rights Reserved.
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