Browsing: Mathematics

Earlier today I set you the following puzzle. Here it is again with the solution.Two dead at the drink-offIn a far away land, the following facts…

Around 1919, the British mathematician G. H. Hardy hopped on a London cab on his way to visit his Indian colleague Srinivasa Ramanujan.The cab’s licence number,…

Earlier today I set these three puzzles, loosely based around 1729, the “taxicab number”. To read about the link between London cabs and 1729 please read…

Today’s puzzles are very silly.They’re also hugely entertaining.Just say what you see out loud and you will chuckle, or possibly groan.All images from Say What Ewe…

Earlier today I set you a classic 19th century puzzleThe T-puzzleRearrange the four pieces to make a T. The pieces cannot overlap and must fit in…

Today’s puzzle is a classic – one of the most celebrated, perhaps, of all time.The T-puzzleRearrange the four pieces to make a T. The pieces cannot…

Gerrymandering is the practice of redrawing the boundaries of political districts to favour certain parties or politicians.On Friday, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed a new redistricting…

Earlier today I set three gerrymandering logic puzzles. Here they are again with solutions.In each of the grids below, the challenge is to find the unique…

Japan is a world puzzle superpower. Its grid logic puzzles – like Sudoku, Kakuro, KenKen and many more – are played across the world by millions…

Imagine knowing that the stock market will likely crash in three years, that extreme weather will destroy your home in eight or that you will have…