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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.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8109 11
GREEK TEMPLEAnswer :
B. Move 4 matches and get 15 squares.
1
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
ANSWER: