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Rubies & Sapphires

A jeweler heads down to the market with 59 jewels, all packed in small bags, to sell. The rubies are bigger and fit 4 per bag; the sapphires are smaller and fit 9 per bag. All the bags are filled completely with either rubies or sapphires. How many of the jewels are rubies?

The Sponge Challenge

You have a wet sponge that weighs 200g, which is 99% water by weight. If you squeeze some of the water out of the sponge so that it's now only 98% water by weight, what would the wet sponge now weigh?

Cliff: 2 Congruent Parts

Cut this figure into 2 congruent parts (identical in area and shape, though they can be mirrored).

TriCounting: Tetrahedron in Square

How many triangles are in this figure? Select a triangle and click the "Count" button.

TriCounting: Skewed Line

How many triangles are in this figure? Select a triangle and click the "Count" button.

Splitting 110

Divide 110 into two parts so that one number is 150 percent of the other. What are the numbers?

What Number Next?

What number comes next in this sequence? Recreate it as a word.

1, 3, 6, 11, 18, 29...

What number comes next in this sequence?

What Am I?

When I take 5 and add 6, I get eleven. But when I take 6 and add 7, I get one. What am I?

Boat's Screw: 3 Congruent Parts

Cut this figure into 3 congruent parts (identical in area and shape).

TriCounting: Double Open Box

How many triangles are in this figure? Select a triangle and click the "Count" button.

TriCounting: Tetrahedron

How many triangles are in this figure? Select a triangle and click the "Count" button.