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MathsIsFun

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New Puzzles 6

And here are the last few puzzles I have for the time being:

Count the Shapes
Broken Stick
Missing Number 2
Touching Marbles
Cut to the Average
Placing Sheets
What is the Pattern
Cards in a Square
Cut the Cross

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anonimnystefy

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Re: New Puzzles 6

Hi MIF

I found these slightly harder than the ones before, but still very nice.

For the "What is the pattern" puzzle it couldn't actually be stated that Stephen is the author. It is a well and long known one. Look-and-say Sequence

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Re: New Puzzles 6

Hi MathsIsFun;

Very nice puzzles. My favorite is "broken stick."

"Cards in a square," is a mutually orthogonal Latin square. These are pretty widely known with many open questions.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: New Puzzles 6

For the "What is the pattern" puzzle it couldn't actually be stated that Stephen is the author. It is a well and long known one. Look-and-say Sequence

Good point. I have just put him as Author for all these new puzzles, there may be others that are mis-cited.

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anonimnystefy

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Re: New Puzzles 6

Most of the others look original.

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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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ShivamS

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Re: New Puzzles 6

Nice puzzles. Love broken sticks.

jennylee1203

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Re: New Puzzles 6

Very nice puzzles.