Exercising the brain since 2017
We haven’t posted a puzzle in quite a while. So as the week draws to an end we thought it would be a great time to make amends by posting a little Thursday puzzle challenge. We hope that this gives your brain a little end of week workout. It should be a fairly trivial affair for you seasoned puzzle veterans,
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Binary code is an amazing invention. Using just two symbols, 1 and 0, you can represent simple things from numbers and letters through to much more complex data and instructions. Rather surprisingly, for something that we would typically associate with the computer age, the binary system was invented by Gottfried Liebniz in 1689. From its early beginnings binary code has
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It is New Year’s Eve and we are saying goodbye to 2019 and hello to a whole new decade! But, before we all partake in some of the New Year’s festivities there is still time for one last puzzle. So, to say goodbye to the 2010s can you figure out this tasty little number square? What number replaces the question
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We love number pyramids! They are a great challenge as you try to find the missing number at the top of the pyramid. However, today’s number pyramid is a little bit more challenging, but not if you are hot at math. See if you can work out the missing number without taking a sneak peak at the answer.
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If you like figuring out number challenges then the daily puzzle for today should be right up your street. Number challenges come in all shapes and sizes but we like the look of these number cubes. They combine the idea of a code and a mental arithmetic challenge in one puzzle. What do number cubes involve? It is simple take a
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See if you can crack the code in the image below. If you do you will reveal a message, whether you act on the message is entirely up to you!! If you can’t crack the code you will find the answer below.
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See if you can figure out this number pyramid. The aim of the puzzle is to work out the top number in the pyramid. Each pair of blocks adds up to the number directly above it. Fill in the missing numbers to work out the top number in this number pyramid.
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We all like a riddle don’t we? See if you can figure out the subject of the following riddle: What kills kings? What makes mountains crumble? What ends all life?
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If you are a bit of a Sherlock Holmes see if you can figure out the puzzling mystery below. A man and a woman live peacefully in a house together. But one day the woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. However, ten minutes later they go out and enjoy
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We really love this mental number challenge. You must do this in your head do not use paper or a calculator! Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 to it. Now add 30. And another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Finally now add 10. What is the total?
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