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Circle gaps brainteaser Brainteaser

by Ariel Marcy, 26 April 2023 | 5 comments

Four circles in a square. The circles are each labelled 3 and the square side is labelled 4. There is a diamond shape in the middle made by the gap between the circles.

What is the area of the orange star in the centre? The blue circles each have an area of 3 square centimetres, and the big square has sides that are 4 centimetres long.

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Trench diving brainteaser Brainteaser

by Ariel Marcy, 12 April 2023 | 0 comments

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Jing is taking her submarine to the bottom of an ocean trench. The first day she goes half the distance to the bottom of the trench.

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Tricky triangle brainteaser Brainteaser

by Ariel Marcy, 29 March 2023 | 0 comments

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Time for a tricky triangle teaser! If the purple shaded triangle has an area of 2, what is the area of the largest triangle?

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Prime number brainteaser Brainteaser

by David Shaw, 9 March 2023 | 1 comments

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Difficulty: Extreme 123,456,789 is not a prime number. Is it possible to reorder its digits to give a prime number?

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George’s lollies brainteaser Brainteaser

by David Shaw, 23 February 2023 | 2 comments

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Difficulty: Extreme! George bought a bag of 70 lollies on Monday. He didn’t eat many on Monday, but he really liked the flavour. Every day after that he ate three more lollies than he had the previous day. The next Monday, George was about to eat his first lolly for the day and noticed the…

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Australian coins brainteaser Brainteaser

by David Shaw, 15 February 2023 | 0 comments

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Difficulty: Fun Jane has some Australian silver coins in her pocket. When buying an apple, she realises she has more than $1 in silver coins, but can’t make exactly $1 with her coins. How is this possible? (Silver Australian coins come in 5c, 10c, 20c, and 50c.)

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Santa scramble Brainteaser

by David Shaw, 5 December 2022 | 1 comments

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Santa sent out 2 sleigh teams. One goes east, and the other goes west, until they meet. how far away from home are they when they meet?

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Chocolate choice brainteaser Brainteaser

by Fiona Midson, 24 November 2022 | 0 comments

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Three new chocolate brands are being released: Jupiter, Astro, and Celeste. can you use up all the ingredients to make these bars?

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Alien academy brainteaser Brainteaser

by David Shaw, 9 November 2022 | 0 comments

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Difficulty: Tricky A new class of aliens is due to start at Alien Academy. The teachers need to know the age of each alien, but can’t contact them. Luckily, they have a few clues to help them. There are five aliens (Filp, Agg, Nim, Phod, and Mex) and each alien is a different age (7,…

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Who lives next door? A brainteaser Brainteaser

by David Shaw, 19 October 2022 | 1 comments

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Difficulty: Tricky There are 4 houses that stand in a row. One family lives in each house. The O’Connells live next door to the Taos, but they don’t live next door to the Sosas. The Prasads don’t live next door to the Sosas. Who lives next door to the Prasads?

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