math puzzles

PUZZLE 1GREEK TEMPLE

THE TEMPLE SHOWN IS MADE OF 11 MATCHES

A. Move 2 matches and get 11 squares.

B. Move 15 matches and get 15 squares.

GREEK TEMPLEAnswer :

A. Move 2 matches and get 11 squares.

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8109 11

GREEK TEMPLEAnswer :

B. Move 4 matches and get 15 squares.

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23

4

56

7

89

101213

1114 15

PUZZLE 2 - STAR of DAVIDCAN YOU PUT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 12 IN THE CIRCLE SO THAT THE SUM OF EACH OF THE SIX ROWS WILL BE 26?

PUZZLE 2 – STAR of DAVID

12

12

3

11 2

6 8

5 10 7 4

9

1

26

26

26

26

26

26

ANSWER

PUZZLE 3 - EIGTHARRANGE NUMBERS 1 – 8 SO THAT NO 2 CONSECUTIVENUMBERS ARE IN CIRCLES THAT ARE CONNECTED BYLINE SEGMENTS.

PUZZLE 3 - EIGHTANSWER:

4 6

7 1 8 2

3 5

PUZZLE 4 - EMPTYWhat will be the next figure on the empty box?

PUZZLE 4 - EMPTYWhat will be the next figure on the empty box?

ANSWER:

PUZZLE 5 - TRIHEXHow many triangles can you find on this figure?

PUZZLE 5 - TRIHEXHow many triangles can you find on this figure?

ANSWER: 28 TRIANGLES

PUZZLE 6 - CUBICHOW MANY CUBES MADE UP THIS FIGURE ?

PUZZLE 6 - CUBICANSWER:

PUZZLE 7 - WHAT’S NEXTWhat will the next figure look like?

PUZZLE 7 - WHAT’S NEXTWhat will the next figure look like?

ANSWER:

PUZZLE 8 - WHAT’S NEXTThe area of the big square is 100 cm2. Find the area of the small square without doing any calculations.

PUZZLE 8 - WHAT’S NEXTThe area of the small square is 50 cm2. The big square is made up of 8 congruent triangles while the small squares is made up 4 congruent triangles

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3 4

5 6

7 8

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