Category: Math Puzzles
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Are You Smart Enough To Solve These 7 Brain Teasers?
Instead of highly mathematical puzzles, let’s take down a notch and have some fun solving these 7 brain teasers instead. I will present each question, followed by an image before you can read the answer. Hopefully you will enjoy solving them as much as I enjoy writing them. Now are you ready? Let’s dive in.…
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Let’s Look At This 2018 Maths Exam For Gifted Students in Britain Together
Okay to be clear, this is a practice paper that follows the Pearson Edexcel Syllabus, and was designed for first assessment Summer 2018. As someone who has taken the British style A-levels, I can attest that these questions are more difficult than what students will normally face in the exams. I have chosen 3 questions…
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A Wine Measurement Problem
A barrel contains exactly 9 liters of red wine. Max is going to a party and wishes to share 8 liters of wine equally with the seven other partygoers, who all hold 1 liter glasses. Max wants to keep one liter for when he gets home. He only has two other containers that will hold…
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Can you find the 3 Areas? 🟦🟧🟥
The figure above shows a unit square target for shooting on the rectangular coordinate plane. The target is divided into three regions 1, 2 and 3 by two curves as shown. Find the area of the three regions. Once again, this is a good moment to pause the article and give the problem a go…
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Actually You Will Never Be Correct: A Tricky Question From MIT Puzzle Club
I have seen this maths puzzle circulating on the internet for the umpteenth time. It gets a little boring at this point. But perhaps this is the first time you’ve come across it through our blog. At first glance, it looks almost insultingly simple. There are four multiple-choice answers, so your brain immediately starts reaching…
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You Roll These Dice. Which Outcome Is More Likely?
Either you roll a 12-sided fair die once. Either you roll a 6-sided fair die twice. So in which game are you more likely to get a total of 12? Or are they both equally likely? Once again, this is a good moment to pause the article and give the problem a go yourself. When…
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So Which Outcome Is More Likely? A or B? Or Both?
Here’s a fun teaser for you. Consider the following scenarios: So can you tell me which outcome is more likely? Or are they of equal odds? Once again, this is a good moment to pause the article and give the problem a go yourself. When you’re ready, keep reading for the solution. And if you…
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An American President’s Proof of The Pythagorean Theorem
US President: James A Garfield As the 20th President of the United States in 1881, James Garfield came up with an elegant proof of the Pythagorean Theorem in 1876 while being a Congressman. His proof of this well-known theorem was later published in the New England Journal of Education Without further ado, let’s dive in! a²…
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How Would YOU Find The Total Shaded Area?
This is another geometry puzzle by Catriona Agg on X. Both the regular hexagons have area 6. What’s the total shaded area? Once again, this is a good moment to pause the article and give the problem a go yourself. When you’re ready, keep reading for the solution. And if you come up with your…