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Time & Measures
NEWSep 01
Not a Nickel
In my hand, I have two coins that are newly minted. Together, they total 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. How come?
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Time & Measures
NEWJul 24
Running Competition
Suppose you are in a running competition and you have just overtaken the 2nd runner. What place are you currently at in the competition?
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Time & Measures
NEWJun 30
A Pencil Challenge
How many edges does a hexagonal pencil have?
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Time & Measures
NEWJun 08
Farmer & Apples
Jim the Farmer came to the market to sell apples. The 1st buyer bought half of all the apples and another half an apple. The 2nd buyer bought half of what was left and also half an apple. The 3rd buye...
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Time & Measures
NEWJun 07
A Herd of Cows
A mathematician counted 70 cows in the pasture. “What part of the whole herd are these cows?” - the mathematician asked the shepherd. “I brought in two-thirds of the third of the whole herd to graze,”...
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 28
Taking More, Growing More
The more you take out of it, the bigger it becomes. What are the three letters it consists of?
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 26
Doctor’s Son
A boy is walking down the road with a doctor. While the boy is the doctor’s son, the doctor is not the boy’s father.Which of these is true? The related person starts with the letter...
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 21
GTNTL...
Guess the next three letters in the series GTNTL
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 19
300 to 400
If you wrote all of the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper, how many times would you have written the number 3?
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 18
Minute, Moment, Thousand Years
What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a 1,000 years?
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 16
Around the World
What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 14
Full of Keys
What has 88 keys but can’t open a single lock?Its keys are...
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Time & Measures
NEWMay 13
What's Before Me?
Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What comes before me...
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 27
20 Dots: How Many Squares?
How many different squares are indicated by four dots that mark their corners?
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 26
How Many Pentagons?
How many different pentagons are in this shape?
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 25
How Many Squares? Part 2
How many squares are in this shape?
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 24
How Many Squares? Part 1
How many squares are in this shape?
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 24
12 Dots: How Many Squares?
How many different squares are indicated by four dots that mark their corners?
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 22
Puzzling Scales. Part 1
Solve this famous Sam Loyd's Puzzle.1 Top + 3 Cubes = 12 Marbles.1 Top = 1 Cube + 8 Marbles.How many Marbles are needed to balance the Top?
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Time & Measures
NEWApr 21
How Many Triangles? Part 4
How many triangles are in this shape?
We’ve gathered a collection of the most “classic” brainteasers which survived through years and continents. We’ve added visuals and some options for your convenience to solve them online. You will recognize a lot of them, though some of these brain teaser puzzles can happen to appear rather “new” to you due to the twist(s) in their particular interpretation(s).
Among the brain teasers in this collection you will find lateral thinking puzzles, visual puzzles, spatial puzzles, lateral thinking puzzles, logic puzzles and much more.
A good portion is about math riddles. A bunch of geometry puzzles.
Among the best brain teaser puzzles you would find such classics as:- A Chessboard and Grains of Rice
- The 1st Riddle of the Sphinx
- The 2nd Riddle of the Sphinx
- The Wolf, Goat and Cabbage Challenge
Enjoy both the solving and the recognition processes of these “good old” mind puzzlers!