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Do puzzles like "write 120 using four 8" have a specific name?
Here on puzzling SE there is the category "calculation puzzle", but it's very broad. I'd like to know if somebody gave a specific name for such puzzles.
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Which number replaces the question mark?
I'm trying to solve puzzles to exercise my brain. I'm stuck on this test, I printed it from Mensa IQ Test, an app on Android store. Can someone help me?
Below is the test:
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Arithmetic Puzzle
The British Independent and i newspapers run what they call an "Arithmetic Puzzle", which comprises a grid of nine cells, with each cell separated from the others by arithmetic symbols: (+ - / *), and ...
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Column-complete latin square problem: everyone rotates through all seats, never sitting at the same seat as another more than once
The problem that this applies to is difficult to explain (for me), which may account for a lot of why I cannot solve it. The example below should highlight the process for which I want to come up with ...
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Need help solving this code puzzle. Possible binary?
Me and a friend are trying to solve a series of puzzles, and this is the last one I need to solve and I'm stumped. It's a Christmas themed puzzle titled 'bLitZEN'. The only hints given are that the ...
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Is there a more specific name for this type of arithmetic puzzle?
There are arithmetic puzzles with some numbers (typically four) and rules for combining them (perhaps just the four basic arithmetic operators or including things like combining digits 2 and 3 to make ...
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