Maths puzzles....one for the weekend

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:54 pm

I came across this the other day.....if you've not seen it before, you'll kick yourself when you work it out (if you can be bothered)

What's A?

Quite enjoyed working this one out - anyone got any more?

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:09 am

This is the stuff of nightmares for me!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:37 am

That's easy.

anyone got any difficult ones?

And no I haven't seen it before.

Good to know the old brain still works.

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:46 am

englishangel wrote:That's easy.

anyone got any difficult ones?

And no I haven't seen it before.

Good to know the old brain still works.

Intantaneous! I feel so pleased with myself. Wait till the maths teacher comes back from her morning in Truro to set some really hard ones!

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:42 pm

Better fings ter do.................

..................like watching footy.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:47 pm

It doesn't take much working out, you just have to 'see' it.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:54 pm

englishangel wrote:It doesn't take much working out, you just have to 'see' it.

........ can't find me specs !

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:24 pm

so...what's the answer?

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:35 pm

One simple puzzle I like is:

What letter comes next O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ....?

Post by **jtaylor** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:59 pm

Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:so...what's the answer?

That would spoil the "fun"!

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:10 pm

My favourite crossword question was

h,j,k,l,m,n,o (5 letters)

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:55 pm

AKAP wrote:My favourite crossword question was

h,j,k,l,m,n,o (5 letters)

I like it!!

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:19 pm

x-words i can do

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:19 pm

surely h, I, j ...etc

Husband got it, he likes x-words.

He had seen it as abcdefg pqrstuvwxyz 10 letters.

Post by **jtaylor** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:26 am

englishangel wrote:surely h, I, j ...etc

Husband got it, he likes x-words.

He had seen it as abcdefg pqrstuvwxyz 10 letters.

Got the 5 letters hijklmno, but 10 letters??

J