Today's PUZZLE CLASSIC OF THE DAY

Magic Triangle-17

Digits 1, 2, and 3 are placed in the vertices of the equilateral triangle. Add digits 4-9 along the sides of the triangle so that the digits' sum on each side is 17.

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Sphere & Cylinder: Surface Areas

A sphere fits exactly inside a thin-walled cylinder that has a height and the diameter equal to the diameter of the sphere. Let's mark the surface area of the sphere as SA(s) and the lateral surface area (which is EXCLUDING the bases) of the cylinder as LSA(c). How SA(s) is related to LSA(c)?

From 1 to 7 in the Triangle

Place the digits 1 through 7 in the grid so that the total in the circles along each indicated line is the same. What is that total?

From 1 to 7 in two Circles

Place the digits 1-7 into seven intersections so that the sums on the big circumference, the small circumference, and each straight segment are all 12. HINT: think what digit should go into the center.

X, Y, Z - Add & Multiply

What three numbers have their sum equal to their product?

AB + 20 percent = BA

Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value (+20%) when its digits are reversed.

8 + 8 = 4

When 8 + 8 = 4 is true?

Final Parts from Lead Billets

In the plant’s turning shop the final parts are turned from lead billets. A part from one billet. The shaved off chips obtained after 6 parts are produced, can then be melted into an additional billet. How many final parts can be made in this way from the initial 36 lead billets?

Complete the Square

What number should be placed in the lower right cell to complete the entire square logically? Please, drag and drop the numbers from other cells to get your answer there.

The Puzzled Driver

The odometer of the family car shows a palindromic number: 15,951 miles. It reads the same backward as forward. “Curious,” the driver said to himself. “It will be a long time before that happens again.” But 2 hours later, the odometer showed a new palindromic number. What was the car's average speed in those 2 hours?

Circles and Hexagons

Complete the sequence. What number should go into the final circle?

Get 99

How many pluses should be put between the digits of 987,654,321 to get a total of 99, and where? There are only 2 solutions to this puzzle.

Which Statement is True?

Which of the three statements is true?

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