Today's PUZZLE CLASSIC OF THE DAY

Hourglasses: 5-min Egg

You must boil an egg for exactly 5 mins. All you have is a 3-min and a 4-min hourglasses. How many times will you need to turn each hourglass in order to measure 5 mins?

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TriCounting: Isometric Cube

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

TriCounting: Octahedron

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

Shifted Top Row

Cut this figure into 2 congruent parts (identical in area and shape, though they can be mirrored) so that each of them includes 2 paperclips.

Mallet into 2 Congruent Parts

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

TriCounting: Squared X in Squared X

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

Shaded Area: Leaf in a Square

Using provided changers, calculate the area of the shaded part.

TriCounting: Bisectors V2

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

TriCounting: Diamond

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

Three Crates: Congruent Parts

Cut this figure into 3 congruent parts (identical in area and shape, though they can be mirrored).

TriCounting: Arrow Up

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

Shaded Area: Star in the Square

What is the area of the shaded part?

Network of Twos

Put exactly three 2's in each of the 4 matrices so that to create four different numbers, arranged in the ascending order from (a) to (d).

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As an interesting historical note, here are 7 fascinating facts about classic puzzles:

- The oldest known puzzle is the "Stomachion," dating back to Archimedes around 200 BC;

- The Rubik's Cube, invented in 1974, has over 43 quintillion possible configurations;

- Sudoku, though associated with Japan, was actually invented by an American architect in 1979;

- Crossword puzzles first appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913;

- The famous "Tower of Hanoi" puzzle was invented by French mathematician Édouard Lucas in 1883;

- Jigsaw puzzles were originally created as educational tools to teach geography to children;

- Logic puzzles have been used in psychological testing and entrance exams for decades due to their effectiveness in measuring reasoning ability.