Today's PUZZLE CLASSIC OF THE DAY

Cherry Volumes: Pit & Pulp

The cherry pulp surrounds its pit with a layer as thick as the pit. Assuming the cherry and the pit are shaped more like spheres, how much bigger the volume of the cherry's juicy part is compared to the volume of the pit?

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Triangular Frame into 3 Congruent Parts

Cut this figure into 3 congruent parts (identical in area and shape) so that each of them includes a diamond.

Train Set Bonanza

Sam has never felt happier around his Birthday time. Dad just bought him 20 cars for his toy train set, spending $20 because they were on sale. There were locomotives ($4 each), passenger cars ($50 each), and freight cars ($25 each). Can you figure out the exact numbers of each type of car Sam got?

3 Numbers: x, 2x, 3x

Place digits 1 through 9 in three rows in order to get three 3-digits numbers, so that the 2nd row number is twice bigger than the top one, and the bottom row number - thrice bigger than the top one.

5, 11, 23... Fill the Gap

What number should go instead of the question mark to complete the sequence?

Four 7's to make 100

It is possible to get 100 by placing two arithmetic signs somewhere between these four sevens. What are the signs and where they should go?

TriCounting: Sectioned Trapezium

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TriCounting: Rectangle in Triangle

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Magic Circle: 1 to 11

Place the numbers from 1 through 11 in the circles so that the numbers in every 3 circles on a straight line total 18.

Product & Sum

Place digits 1-9 into the spots so that the entire math expression shown here is correct.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to 100

Digits 1-9, when added together, produce 45. By replacing one plus with another arithmetic sign, it is possible to get 100. Which plus and with what sign must be replaced?

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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.