Category: Puzzles

Mon 1 Dec 2014Puzzles

ABCD is a square. Find the angle labelled alpha. Angle labelled alpha solution Problem Page Coordinator: Stephen Lee CMath MIMA […]

Mon 1 Dec 2014Puzzles"aaddeeehlnnnoosttuvw" is an anagram of ‘two thousand and eleven’. But it is also an anagram of a smaller number. What [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesThe integers from 1 to N are written down in alphabetical order in English. ‘Two thousand and eleven’ is in [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesA standard dice is tossed until the total thrown exceeds 12. What is the most likely final total? For example, [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014Puzzles

Find the value of the series Find the value of the series solution Problem Page Coordinator: Stephen Lee CMath MIMA […]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesIn (a variant of) the game fizz buzz, the positive integers are considered in order starting from 1 but replacing [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesYou are given a box of nine balls. Eight are of the correct weight but one is too heavy. The [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesLet t be the (positive) square root of 2. What is the 62nd digit after the decimal point of (1+t) [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesFind the three positive integers a, b, c where a < b < c, which satisfy: a*b*c + a*b + b*c [...]

Mon 1 Dec 2014PuzzlesKen and Barbie are gambling on a card game with £96 in the pot. A standard pack of cards is [...]