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#1 2012-09-15 21:52:01

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I am adding a lot of new puzzles by Stephen Froggatt (a retired teacher). Here is the first batch.

Have fun, and let me know how you got on (and if you find anything amiss) ... !

Blockslide
Making Ends Meet
Alphabet Spaghetti
Open The Safe
Game For A Half
It Must Be Matchic
Toast
Path Plodding Puzzle
Thinking Chocolate
Gurmit The Hermit
Calendar Confusion
Circling The Square

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#2 2012-09-15 22:38:23

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Hi MIF

I like those. The hermit puzzle is classical Fermi question.

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#3 2012-09-15 22:38:42

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Hi MIF;

Circling the square problem I believe is correct. Would you consider mentioning that geogebra can create these shapes and make this problem easier to solve than by cutting.

In the solution you might try putting a picture of the answer which makes a convincing display.


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90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
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#4 2012-09-15 22:51:17

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Oh, btw, if matchsticks are of the same length then the solution to that puzzle is incorrect!

The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
 

#5 2012-09-15 23:02:58

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Hi;

In the Path Plodding Puzzle another route is

start, finish, F, C, G, start, C, B, A, D,F,E,A, finish.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
 

#6 2012-09-16 08:08:59

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Wonderful. Included your circles diagram, bobby, and mentioned GeoGebra, thanks. And included your Path Plodding Puzzle solution.

Also mentioned matches don't have to be same length, thanks anonimnystefy.

Will post more puzzles when I can.

"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman
 

#7 2012-09-16 08:16:17

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Hi MIF;


Thanks, those are very nice puzzles.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
 

#9 2012-09-26 10:46:30

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Hi MathsIsFun;

For the "Sticker-bility" puzzle your help solution is correct and there is only one solution to it.

But if you did not give any help then there are 74 solutions to the puzzle below. In case someone mentions that.


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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
 

#10 2012-09-26 16:59:53

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hi MathsIsFun,

Thanks for the puzzles.  I'm still working through.

I've got to "It Must Be Matchic Puzzle"

Couldn't you have six equal matches in a tetrahedral format ?

"Hilda the Builder"

You could re-word this to ask for the least number of bricks.  That way, just one answer.

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You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
 

#11 2012-09-27 08:34:46

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Thanks bobby and bob.

(Don't leave us in suspense bob, "But...")

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#12 2012-09-27 16:44:37

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hi MathsIsFun,

(Don't leave us in suspense bob, "But...")

???

Sorry, but what are you awaiting?

Bob

You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
 

#13 2012-09-27 23:18:30

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Hi MIF

I like the second batch as well.

Hi Bob

Both solutions to the Matchic puzzle seem acceptable, but only with that wording and solution is it an original puzzle.

The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
 

 

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