PUZZLE CLUb

The Little Book of Puzzles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This collection of 80 puzzles with hints and full solutions is Chris Maslanka's most recent book.


No specialist mathematical knowledge is required - just a sense of fun and a willingness to explore!

£3.99 plus p&p

Examples

 

 

  
  1. A few cubes have been removed from this cubical stack of building bricks. Can you see exactly how many have been taken? More importantly, can you see where they have gone?

Solution
 
  1. A Dewey-eyed librarian numbered the books in her collection from left to right:

1, 8, 11, 69, 88, 101, 111...

 What was the number of the next book along the shelf?

 

  1. In how many ways can the magic word

ABRACADABRA

be spelt out by going from one letter
to another only if they are adjacent?

 

A
B B
R R R
A A A A
C C C C C
A A A A A A
D D D D D D D
A A A A A A A A
B B B B B B B B B
R R R R R R R R R R
A A A A A A A A A A A

 

 

The Puzzle Club
11 Wilcher Close
East Hagbourne
DIDCOT
Oxon
OX11 9LU

e-mail maslanka@puzzlemaster.co.uk

 

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