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of logic that can be used to find the

(0 a problem based on a set of know facts or
principles. A simple example of deductive reasoning is as
follows:

1. Only birds have feathers.

2. An ostrich has feathers.
3. Therefore, an ostrich must be a bird.

If the first two statements are known to be facts, then the third

statement can be deducted from them.

Deductive reasoning is a skill powered by the left-hand side

of the brain. The puzzles in this book have been specifically
designed to train your left brain by triggering problem-solving,
deductive and intuitive reasoning, logic and lateral-thinking.

Nuances of logic can be surprisingly subtle. For example,

suppose we asked you to describe whether the statement
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never true. Many people are tempted to choose “sometimes”
 BRAIN TRAINING

because the statement appears conditional. However, the

correct answer is “always” because there are always some birds
somewhere in the world that have black feathers. What if we asked
you to describe the truth of the statement “Some birds are ugly”?
In this instance, none of the three answers can be chosen because
the statement is a matter of opinion and there’s no right or wrong
answer. These distinctions, subtle though they are, form the basis
for some branches of philosophy.

So if you’re dying to test out your own powers of deduction, where

to head next? You could go straight through the book tackling each
one as it comes. However, if you want to ease yourself in more
gently, look for our special grading system. Each puzzle is rated
from 1 to 10 stars. Low numbers of stars indicate that the puzzle
shouldn’t deter you too long. An 8-, 9- or 10-star problem means
you’re likely to be taxed to your limit. Furthermore, there are time
limits to Keep an eye on, just to increase the tension that little bit
more.

By the end of this book, you’ll be a master of deducing right from

wrong. And that’s the truth. &

— David Bodycombe
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If you think tic-tac-toe is boring, try this interesting variation. The aim
of the game is to avoid winning—in other words, if you get three of your symbol
in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, you lose the game.

in the sample game shown, it is 0’s turn. Can you see which of the four
possibilities (A, B, C, or D) will lead to a guaranteed win?
Can you crack the safe? First decide which of the 14 statements given are false,
then shade out the areas on the combination lock that are labeled with the letters
of those false statements (so if you think statement A is false, shade out area A).
The remaining lit segments will give you the digital combination required.

Hint: three of the statements are false.

The upper number in a fraction is the numerator.

The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter is called pi.
A league is the term for a nautical mile.
Euclid wrote a famous work on geometry.
The Roman numeral for 500 is D.
An irrational number cannot be expressed as a fraction.
The longest side of a right-angled triangle is the hypotenuse.
Andrew Wiles famously proved Fermat’s last theorem.
Integral and differential are types of calculus.
Hexadecimal is the number system for counting in groups of 12.
. Areflex angle has between 90 and 180 degrees.
A heptagon has seven sides.
. A perfect number is equal to the sum of all of its factors.
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Can you find all the missing numbers?
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Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already been inserted to
help you get started.

3 DIGITS 5 DIGITS 7 DIGITS

135 18915 1767463
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650 32791 3235488
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 | DIFFICULTY Soco2eeeo8 . 6 5) Minutes
Each row and column contains the same numbers and signs, but they are arranged
in a different order each time. Find the correct order to arrive at the
final totals shown.
Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, -, +, x) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

Five hopefuls brought their animals to the county fair. Can you figure out whose
animal won which prize, and what kind of animal it was?

Norbert
Tizzy
Spot
Guffy
Pong

1. Flo’s chicken was beaten

by only one other animal.
2. Spot the pig wasn’t last, but he
didn’t win.
3. Jack’s calf came in 5th—one place
behind Bob’s Guffy.
4. The owner of Norbert the sheep
_ isn’t a woman.
5. Tizzy placed better than Pong.
Study these shapes for one minute, then see if you can answer the questions on
page 14.

To continue the
logic, what time
should it say
on the sixth
clock in this
sequence?
Can you answer these questions about the puzzle on page 13 without
looking back?

1. How many shapes have odd numbers?

2. Which three numbers will total a fourth number shown?
3. What is the total when you multiply the number on the blue shape
by that on the shape directly above the blue shape?
4. Which shapes have even numbers?
o. What is the total of the numbers on the green shapes?
What is the total when you add the number on the pink shape to that
on the circle, then subtract this total from the number on the pentagon?
Which two shapes of the same color are horizontally next to one another?
What is the total of the three numbers in the shapes on the top row?

There is a hidden
phrase in the grid
of letters. Place the
right-hand grid over
the letter grid in three
different ways and then
reassemble the resulting
letters to see what you
have “won.”
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You’ll be flying high if you solve this numeropic. Use the rules below to help you
understand how to complete this puzzle.

How to do a numeropic:
h row or column, there are numbers that indicate how many blocks of black squares are in a
xample,
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helpful to put a small dot in a square you know will be empty.

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the start and
end of each of
these six times
identical?

Place the remaining pieces in the grid so that:

* each row and column has two red and two yellow squares, and
* no row or column has two of the same digit.
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Which of the four boxed figures (a, b, c, or d) completes the set?

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Try to get from the top left red square to the bottom right red square by making
a series of calculations. You must always move from each square to an adjacent
one and may not move diagonally.
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The number 123987 appears just once in this grid and occurs in a straight line,
running either backward or forward in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction.
Can you locate it?
 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Each block is equal to the sum

of the two numbers beneath
it. Can you find all the missing
numbers?

Take the cards to the left of the grid and place them so that each horizontal row
and vertical column contains a joker plus four aces of different suits, and each
shape (shown by the thick lines) also contains a joker plus four aces of different
suits. Some cards are already in place.

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mathematical operators (+, —, +, x) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

Given that scales a and b balance

perfectly, how many circles are
needed to balance scale c?
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Which of these configurations is the odd one out?

Which of the four boxed figures (a, b, c, or d) completes the set?

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help you get started.

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Five models each wore one of five items by five designers on the catwalk. Can you figure
out each model’s last name and which item, by which designer, each wore?

1. Ms. Jones didn’t wear Vergucci, Ae ae

carry a bag, or wear gloves or blue. B22: Armande
2. The pink hat wasn’t Fundi or Tom
Buick, and Kate didn’t wear it.
3. Naomi Taylor didn’t wear gloves
or shoes.
4. The Vergucci bag wasn’t red.
5. Manon works for Armande,
which doesn’t make hats or gloves.
6. Jody wore all black but not Canale,
and she didn’t wear a coat.
7. Miss Dupris wore gold but not by
Fundi or Armande, and she didn’t
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Which pentagon from the selection below should replace the question mark?

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Here’s a very simple but effective game. Take 15 coins (it doesn’t matter how
they are arranged). Two players take turns picking up one, two, or three coins.
Play continues until there are no coins left in the pile. The winner is the person
who ends up with an odd number of coins.

Play the game a few times and see if you can figure out a winning strategy.
The player who goes first always has the advantage, if he or she knows how to use
it properly! For a variation, try starting with 13 coins.
Given that scales a and
b balance perfectly, how
many gooseberries are
needed to balance
scale c?
What number comes next?

Sees. /0,//, 91,

101, 103, ?

Which number is the odd one out?

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Each row and column contains the same numbers and signs,
but they are arranged in a different order each time. Find the
correct order to arrive at the final totals shown.

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Make a calculation totaling the

figure below by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, —, +, X)
between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and

one of them has been used twice.

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Here’s a trickier one! Using the same

principle as above try to complete the
calculation. One of the mathematical
operators has been used twice.
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Given that scales

a and b balance
perfectly, how
many red balls
are needed to
balance scale c?
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The number 619362 appears just once in this grid and
occurs in a straight line, running either backward or
forward in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction.
Can you locate it?

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Place the
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in the grid so that:
* each row and
column has two
red and two yellow
squares, and
* No row or column
has two of the
same digit.
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See if you can rise to the challenge and complete this numeropic. See the panel on
page 15 for instructions on how to complete this type of puzzle.
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it. Can you find all the missing numbers?

Where should the hour hand point to on clock e?

 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES _

The ace, 2, 3, and 4 in each

of four suits should be placed
in the grid below. Digits and

pibstats
letters showing the values
A, 2, 3, and 4 and the suits A AIA 2/A 2) 2 3
have been shown at the
beginning of each row across
and column down to indicate
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which values and suits
are contained in those rows
and columns. Can you figure

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out the unique place for
each card?
You’ll probably be over the moon when you’ve completed this numeropic. See the
panel on page 15 for instructions on how to complete this type of puzzle.
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The number 302949

appears just once in
this grid and occurs in
a straight line, running
either backward or
forward in a horizontal,
vertical, or diagonal
direction. Can you
locate it?
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On petri dish a there are currently 5,000 bacteria that produce another 250 bacteria
) per hour. On petri dish b there are currently 12,000 bacteria, but 100 bacteria die
per hour. When will both dishes have an identical bacteria population?
Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already
been inserted to help you get started.

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1560 5997674
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Can you crack the safe? First decide which of the 14 statements given are false,
then shade out the areas on the combination lock that are labeled with the letters
of those false statements (so if you think statement A is false, shade out area A).
The remaining lit segments will give you the digital combination required.

Hint: four of the statements are false.

. There are a dozen dozens in a gross.

. 39 is a prime number.
ott) Xx111 = 12,321.
. 50 divided by 0.5 equals 25.
The total score you get from rolling two standard dice is 7, on average.
The positive square root of 121 is 11.
. (1/2) x (2/3) x (3/4) x (4/5) = 1/5.
. There are 1,440 minutes in a typical day.
If the digits of a whole number add up to 9, the number is divisible by 9.
“Threescore years and ten” equals 70 years.
. IfPxQ=Q, then P must be 1.
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right angle. ,
. In Roman numerals, | + V+ X +L +C+D+M = 1,666.
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. The cube of 5 is 225.
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Five owners brought their dragsters to race. Can you match each racer with his
last name, name the cars, and find out each car’s speed?
Last name Name
1. Steve’s Blisterine
wasn’t the fastest,
and neither was the
dragster owned by
Zak Dupris. JacksonSchwartz
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2. Van Happs’s Hot Stuff

was 25 mph slower
than one car, but only
10 mph slower than
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quickest—20 mph Blisterine
quicker than Hot Stuff
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4. Fast and Loose Fast and Loose
wasn’t the quickest,
but it was quicker
than Bubba.
5. Schwartz was quicker
than Delaney.

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operators (+, —, +, X) between the numbers shown.

The mathematical operators can be in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

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to calculations that total | eith
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Can you keep on the right track with this numeropic? Refer to the
instructions on how to do this puzzle on page 15 if you need any help.

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The number 295617 appears just once

in this grid and occurs in a straight
line, running either backward or
forward in a horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal direction. Can you locate it?

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Each block is equal to the sum of the
two numbers beneath it. Can you find
all the missing numbers?

Five workers at a candy factory all have different jobs on

different lines. Can you match each first name to a last
name, a product, and a job?
1. Mr. or Mrs. Dorrit works with fudge
2a and not with Brenda.
2s 2. Diane Toggle doesn’t wrap and she
as doesn’t work with mints or truffles.
Deborah [_ 3. Bob in orders doesn’t deal with
caramels.
Brenda
4. No one with a first name that
Bob
Brian
begins with “B” works in quality
control.
Truffles 5. There are no women in lollipops
Mints
and no men in mints.
Caramels
Lollipops 6. The truffle taster is a woman, but
Packing she isn’t Deborah Duffy.
Quality Control . Bob doesn’t work in lollipops.
nah . Mr. or Mrs. Button works in
emt packing. Caramels are not
wrapped.
Given that scales
a and b balance
perfectly, how many
hearts are needed to
balance scale c?
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Each row and column contains the same numbers and signs, but they are
arranged in a different order each time. Find the correct order to arrive at the
final totals shown.

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We’ve given the cards shown here different values, so that an ace = 1, jack = 11,
queen = 12, and king = 13, while all other cards have the same value as their
numbers. Study this arrangement of cards carefully for one minute, then see if you
can answer the questions on page 54.
Can you answer these questions about the puzzle on page 53 without looking back?

1. Which suit is the king?

2. Which number does not appear?

3. What is the lowest total value of four cards in a row?

4. What is the lowest total value of three cards in a column?

5. Which card is directly to the left of the 9 of diamonds?

6. What is the total value of the four corner cards?

7. Which suit is the ten?

8. Which card is directly above the 9 of diamonds?

Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, -, +, x) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

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 BEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already been inserted to
help you get started.

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3 DIGITS 5 DIGITS 7 DIGITS

247 21643 1582989
264 28634 2413379
413 35138 2757941
487 38626 3396839
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3248 86884 5597831
6283 91798 6317426
6973 95343 6489451
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The number 472596 appears just once in this grid and occurs in a straight line,
running either backward or forward in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction;
however, as you can see, the numbers are reversed! Can you locate it?

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For this game, you will need three coins or counters for each player. The first
player chooses a circle on the board to place the first piece. The second player
then does the same. Play continues in the usual manner until all the players have
played their pieces.

The aim is to get your three pieces in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. If there
is no winner after the first six opening moves, the first player chooses any coin
and slides it along a line to any available adjacent circle. The second player takes
a turn and so on. The first player to make a line of three wins the game.
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Can you steam through this numeropic in record time? If you need any help in
completing this puzzle, refer to the instructions on page 15.

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Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, —, +, x) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

Use your powers of logic to determine what number comes next in the sequence

36, 91,
below.

21, 51, 82%

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Each block in this number pyramid is equal to the sum of the two numbers beneath
it. Can you deduce all the missing numbers?

If you saw these somewhat eccentric clocks on an office wall, what would be the
logical time for GEORGETOWN?

LONDON BUENOS AIRES NEW YORK

MELBOURNE WASHINGTON GEORGETOWN

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Place the loose tiles into the grid and ensure that:

* no row or column contains three tiles of the same color, and

* each row, column, and main diagonal adds up to 18.
Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already been
inserted to help you get started.

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197 12382
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Study these dice for one minute, then see if you can answer the questions on page 66.

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A security guard is working a long night shift. At ten past one in the morning, he
makes his first patrol. He patrols another four times at 70-minute intervals. He
can then rest for a few hours before the patrol just after ten o’clock. He completes
two more patrols with 70-minute gaps before clocking off at lunchtime. What
superstition does he have?
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Can you answer these questions about the dice on page 65 without
looking back?

What is the color of the die directly below the white die that has five spots?
What is the sum total of the number of spots on the two most central dice?
What is the color of the die directly to the left of the blue die with two spots?
What is the color of the die directly above the orange die with one spot?
What is the sum total of the number of spots on all of the pink dice?
What are the colors of the three dice that have only one spot?
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This puzzle uses the 16 face cards and aces from all four suits of a standard deck
of cards. Complete the grid so that no row or column contains two cards of the
same denomination or suit.
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@@ DIFFICULTY cococcosses ‘6
Can you crack the safe? First decide which of the 14 statements given are false.
Then shade out the areas on the combination lock that are labeled with the letters
of those false statements (so if you think statement A is false, shade out area A).
The remaining lit segments will give you the digital combination required.

Hint: five of the statements are false.

Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States.

IQ stands for Intelligence Quota.
In architecture, a Campanile is a bell tower.
In medieval times, a knight’s glove was called a gauntlet.
The first Boeing 747 jumbo jet flew in February 1959.
A force 12 storm on the Beaufort scale is a hurricane.
Clint Eastwood won the Best Director Oscar for Unforgiven in 1992.
A lepidopterist collects coins.
Montezuma II was the last emperor of the Aztecs.
Limestone and chalk are forms of calcium carbonate.
Omega is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
The real name of Batman is Bruce Wayne.
. El Cid and Macbeth were born in the same century.
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. Cygnus cygnus is the Latin classification for the raven.
 ~DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Complete the calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, -, +, x) between the numbers shown.

The mathematical operators can be in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

13° 86 = 200

Take the cards around the outside of the grid and place them so that each
horizontal row contains cards of six different values and each vertical column
contains cards of four different values and four different suits. No card should be
placed either horizontally or vertically next to one of the same color. The values of
the cards are as per their numbers. Cards already in place should not be moved.
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Which number is the odd one out?

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Each block in this especially difficult number pyramid is equal to the

sum of the two numbers beneath it. Find the missing numbers.

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 Each of the blocks in this challenging number pyramid is
equal to the sum of the two numbers beneath it. Can you
find all of the missing numbers?

Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, -, +, x) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.
 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Five soccer players, playing in different positions, scored a varying number of

goals for their teams. Can you match each first name with a last name, a team,
a position, and a number of goals scored?
Goals

Midfield

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Center

Right Wing
Center Forward

1. Wayne Brady isn’t a midfielder or a center forward. He

scored more goals than Darius.
2. Rovers’ Charlton scored more than Brady.
3. The Rangers’ center forward scored two less than the
Rovers’ player.
4. Paul, playing for United, scored one more than David.
5. Hughes got four. He isn’t a winger.
6. Emile, the left winger, scored two more than the center
forward and one less than the Town player.
, 7. Callan got one less than the City defender.
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Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, —, +, xX) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

4 09 @3 9 4 65= 3

FFICULTY 96008828880

Which number below is the odd one out?

3984 7456
1203 /896
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DIFFICULTY So000002%% Minutes.

Given that scales a and b balance perfectly, how many spoons are needed to
balance scale c?
 is BRAIN TRAINING

This puzzle uses the 16 face cards and aces from all four suits from a standard
deck of cards. Complete the grid by adding suits and face names so that no row,
column, or main diagonal contains two cards of the same denomination or suit.

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Look at the typewriter layout carefully and see if you can unscramble the sentence.
Then figure out the seven-letter answer to the question it poses.

What number comes next?

3749216
629473
37496
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The numbers 2468 and 13579 each appear just once in this grid and occur in
straight lines, running either backward or forward in a horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal direction. Can you locate them both?
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Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already been inserted to
help you get started.

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Remove five cards from

the grid and replace them
in different positions so
that the values of the cards
in each row, column, and
long diagonal line of cards
totals exactly 25. The value
of each card is as per its
number.
 Five children entered five different events at the school fair and finished in five
different positions. Can you match each child to his or her last name, the event
each entered, and the venue at which the event was held?
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wasn’t a girl or named Stuart.
4. The child who played Hacky Sack, not a
Stuart, was placed higher than the child
who jumped rope. Marbles
Hacky Sack
5. Wendy was in the playground. Young
Macdonald and Macfie were not.
6. Betsy Campbell didn’t win her event,
which wasn’t hopscotch, and wasn’t Cafeteria
held in the cafeteria. Playground
7. Billy came first, but not in the Hacky Soccer field
Sack or marbles, and not on the soccer Common Room
field. Quad ia

8. The jump-rope event was held in the

quad and was won bya girl.
9. The Hacky Sack competitor’s first name
didn’t begin with “B” and he/she wasn’t
in the cafeteria or the common room.

Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, —, +, x) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.

13] 27} [10] |15]_ [14] [9] =|72

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Each row and column contains exactly the same numbers and signs, but they
are arranged in a different order each time. Find the correct order to arrive at the
final totals shown.
There is only one logical way to get from a to b visiting all the patterns in this
code maze. Can you find the hidden sequence by figuring out how the pattern
changes from start to finish? Your lines may cross but you may not use any
path or corner more than once.
This is an interesting word variation of a popular logical game. It requires two
players or teams, which we shall call the Setter and the Guesser. The Setter
chooses a common five-letter English word that has all different letters. The
Guesser then writes down his or her first guess as to what that word is.

The Setter helps the Guesser by drawing:

* a Circle around correct letters that are in the correct place, and
* a Square around correct letters that are in the wrong position.

In the example shown, the Guesser has taken five words to deduce the Setter’s
word. Players can now swap roles and see who can guess their opponent’s word
the quickest.

Beginners to this game might like to give their opponents the first letter of the
word so that the opponents can begin their guesses with a purpose.
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in the group below, are the odd ones out?

42751698
16 25 9865
Two running partners follow the same route at the same time at the same pace.
However, one measures his pace in terms of minutes taken for one mile, whereas
the other uses kilometers per hour. Curiously, both statistics turn out to give the
same number. How fast were they going? Assume 8 kilometers equals 5 miles.
 ® DIFFICULTY 9900000008 & / -)Minutes~
Each block in this difficult number pyramid is equal to the sum of the
two numbers beneath it. Can you find all the missing numbers?

FFICULTY Go00oSaeae (33 link

55 36 ??
What numbers should replace the question marks in each line?

8 67 36 7?
Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already been
inserted to help you get started.

7 DIGITS
1248958
1638323
2162177
2173553
2374856
3128791
3819862
4628248
5141821
6965163
7429496
8139288 1A
8447319
9372633
 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Blaze a trail to solve this numeropic. If you find it useful, refer to page 15 for
instructions on how to complete this puzzle.
BO DIFFICULTY 900008288 4 -) Minutes

Can you place the tiles into the magic grid so that their numbers lie on the correct
colored squares, and each row, column, and main diagonal adds up to 34?
 DIFFICULTY 9000000 5 -)Minutes
Each row and column contains the same numbers and signs, but they are
arranged in a different order each time. Find the correct order to arrive at the
final totals shown.

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Which pair of numbers is the odd one out? Why?

An analog clock has fallen on

the floor but is still operational.
There is no way of seeing which
way up the clock should go, but
your perfect eyesight can tell that
the minute and hour hands are
pointing precisely toward two of
the 60 tick marks on the clock face.
Furthermore, the hands are exactly
one tick apart.

So...what time is it?

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Can you crack the safe? First decide which of the 14 statements given are
false, then shade out the areas on the combination lock that are labeled with
the letters of those false statements (so if you think statement A is false, shade
out area A). The remaining lit segments will give you the digital combination
required.

Hint: six of the statements are false.

The elevator was invented by Otis in 1852.

The watt is a unit of power.
In heraldry, the color green is referred to as sable.
In the Nato phonetic alphabet, Q is for Quebec.
The 1988 Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles.
Stephane Grapelli was a famous jazz violinist.
Rosinante’s horse was named Don Quixote.
. The planet Pluto has one natural satellite called Charon.
Tia Maria is a liqueur flavored with oranges.
Pathophobia is a fear of diseases.
“As old as time itself” is an example of alliteration.
St. Boniface is the patron saint of Germany.
. Coryza is the scientific name for German measles.
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The United Nations was founded in 1945.
 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Each block is equal to the sum of the two numbers beneath it. Find all the
missing numbers, then figure out the significance of the bottom row.

What comes next?

O10, 4.0, 13.0,

WO 60-0, 2
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4369 2189
8162 4328
 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

We’ve given the cards below different values, so that an ace = 1, a jack = 11, a
queen = 12, and a king = 13, while all other cards have the same value as their
numbers. Study this arrangement of cards carefully for one minute, then see
if you can answer the questions on page 98.

Make a calculation totaling the figure on the right by inserting the four
mathematical operators (+, -, +, xX) between the numbers shown.

They can be inserted in any order, and one of them has been used twice.
MINDW “RKS

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Can you answer these questions about the puzzle on page 97
without looking back?

1. Which player holds the queen of hearts?

2. Only one value of playing card is not represented in any of the
five hands. Which one?
. Which player has cards of the highest total value?
. Two players hold cards with the same total value: which two
players are they, and what is the value of the cards they hold?
J: What is the value of the club in John’s hand?
6. Which player holds no black cards?
7. Which player holds the ten of hearts?
8. Only one player has an ace. Which suit is it?

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Each block is equal to the sum of the two numbers beneath it. Can you find all
the missing numbers?
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Can you fit these numbers into the grid? One number has already been inserted
to help you get started.

7 DIGITS
1956723
2675994
3945178
4281948
5346342
6585144
1424 6636991
7421445
7811294
8263453
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924 DIFFICULTY 6000000888 | 5 nea

Which of the four boxed figures (a, b, c, or d) completes the set?

 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Solve the maze by filling the blank spaces with the four squares below so that
the colors run from the top to the bottom in the correct order. The squares
below may not be the right way up!
MINDW “RKS

4G DIFFICULTY 0000088888

Take a number of coins and place them in a circle with a different coin at the
top. Two players take turns removing one, two, or three touching coins from the
circle. The special coin must be taken last. The player who removes this coin at
the very end of the game is the winner.
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Place the remaining tiles into the grid given that:

x there is one square of every color in every row and column, and
x each row, column, and main diagonal adds up to 34.
 DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES

Write the numbers from 1 to 10 onto the bricks so that each block in the upper
three rows contains the (positive) difference between the two numbers beneath it.

For example, if the top block was a 5, the blocks in the second row could be 7 and 2.

1296384 is to 3987462
as 6174258 is to
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was 2nd, so Flo was also 2nd (clue clocks, 25, then 35, 45, 55, etc.
1). Spot is a pig. Spot the pig didn’t minutes are added.
come 5th or 1st (2). Jack has a calf,
and it placed 5th, so Jack placed 5th
(3). Bob’s animal is named Guffy, and 4 4
it placed 4th, so Bob placed 4th (3).
Norbert is a sheep, and his owner isn’t Nobel Peace Prize
Mavis or Flo (4), Guffy isn’t a pig (2)
or a sheep (4), and Bob doesn’t have
a Calf (3) or a chicken (1). So Guffy
must be a goat. Mavis doesn’t own the
chicken (1), the calf (3), or the sheep
(4), and Bob owns the goat, so Mavis
must own the pig, leaving Ned with
Norbert the sheep. Mavis and Spot
didn’t come 5th or 1st (2), or 2nd (1),
or 4th (3), so they came 3rd, leaving
Ned and Norbert the sheep 1st. Guffy
was 4th (3), and Tizzy placed higher
than Pong (5), so Tizzy was 2nd and .
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2. 4415+19=38 triangle and
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5. 72
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same shape, however, contains two eyes with two
small circles change to round highlights and one with
large circles and vice a single round highlight. Finally,
versa. each line contains a blue eye,
a brown eye, and a green eye.
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horizontal line contains Tom Buick (8), Canale (8), Fundi, or
one red spade and Armande (7), so it must have been
two black ones. Each Vergucci and a bag (4). The black item
line also contains was not then Vergucci, or Tom Buick
one image where the (9), Canale (6), or Armande, so it must
heart and club have have been Fundi. The pink hat wasn’t
been reversed and one Tom Buick or Fundi (2), Vergucci (4),
image where the diamond has been nor Armande (5), so it must have
turned on its side. The missing image been Canale. The red item must then
should have have been Armande and Manon’s. The
a red spade, the club and heart should pink hat wasn’t Jody’s (6), Kate’s (2),
be reversed, and the diamond should Naomi Taylor’s (8), or Manon’s (5), so
be the right way up. it must have been Emma’s and she
must be Emma Briant (8). Naomi Taylor
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wasn’t then wearing a hat, gloves, or Ms. Jones didn’t wear gloves (1), so
shoes (3), or the bag (belonging to the red shoes are hers, making her
Dupris)—she must have been wearing Manon and leaving the Fundi gloves to
the coat. Naomi Taylor’s coat must Ms. Heaton, who must then be Jodie.
have been blue, as it wasn’t pink (2),
gold (7), black (6), or red (Manon). So Jody Heaton—Fundi—gloves—black
Naomi was also wearing Tom Buick (9) Kate Dupris—Vergucci—bag—gold
and the gold bag was Kate’s, making Naomi Taylor—Tom Buick—coat—blue
her Kate Dupris (7). The gloves weren’t Emma Briant—Fundi—bag—pink
then blue, pink (2), red (5), gold (bag), Manon Jones—Armande—shoes—red
or blue (coat), so they must have been
black and Fundi and belong to Jody
(6), and the shoes must be red and
Armande and belong to Manon.
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the equivalent of two-and-a-half
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clockwise, then two corners, then banana, so five gooseberries weigh as
three corners, etc., at each stage much as two bananas. There are two
and the line moves one corner only bananas (equal to five gooseberries) and
counterclockwise at each stage. six cherries (equal to three gooseberries)
in scale c. Thus eight gooseberries are
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number of coins). etc. Therefore 103 (+ 1 + 0 + 3) = 107.
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balance one banana, thus four third digits to produce the second and
gooseberries plus three cherries weigh fourth digits, for example, 7141, where
as much as eleven cherries, and four 7+4=11.
gooseberries weigh as much as eight
cherries. So two cherries weigh as
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three yellow balls, so two red balls also
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c; the large 5-sided figure (pentagon)
— reduces its number of sides by one
“te and becomes a rectangle. The number
a of dots that are contained in the figure
}99 - 25 + 36 x 11 + 22 + 72 = 127 increase by one and change from
. black to white.
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The hour hand should point to 7

o’clock. In the series, the minute hand
is 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 degrees
clockwise from the hour hand.
 5000 + 250x = 12000 — 100x. Hence, 350x = 7000, so
xX = 20. The numbers will be identical in 20 hours.

51
cose 5
Be +S
bee ie

_ Blisterine is Steve’s
and didn’t go 265 mph
| (1). Zak’s last name is
_ Dupris and he didn’t
_ go 265 either (1). Van
Happs’s car is Hot Stuff
gngooo0 MESO _ and it went 240 mph, and»
Heanaiad da _ Jackson’s went 250 mph
Hane ees Bone
Oo i (2). Marty went 255 mph |
pegaon HORE E _ and Chicken Speed went
2| Eo
e; looking across the peogon | 235 mph. (3). Neither
line of circles, the top _ Blisterine (1), Hot Stuff
left quarter alternates (2), Chicken Speed (3),
star/diamond, the top _ nor Fast and Loose (4)
right quarter alternates went 265 mph, so it must |
circle with dot/circle, The combination is _ have been Rock Racer.
the bottom left quarter 64. Correct versions of _ Blisterine didn’t go 265,
alternates white dot/ false statements: 255, 240, or 235 mph, so |
black dot/dot with line, B. 39 is not a prime it must have gone 250.
and the bottom right number because it is Schwartz was faster than |
quarter alternates one divisible by 13. Delaney (5), so given that |
line/two lines/three D. 50 divided by 0.5 neither Dupris (1), Van
lines horizontally, equals 100. Happs (2), or Jackson (2) |
and three lines/two K. If Px Q=Q, then P went 265 mph, Schwartz |
lines/one line vertically. must be 1 as long as must have. Zak Dupris
Q doesn’t equal zero. didn’t go 255 mph (3), so
N. The cube of 5 is 125. he must have gone 235,
making his car Chicken
Speed and leaving
d; all the others are the Delaney at 255, making
same figure rotated. his car Fast and Loose—
and Delaney must be
 MINDW ~RKS
Marty. Both Zak Dupris and Chicken
Speed went 235 mph so that must be his
_ Car. Blisterine’s owner is Steve (1), and
| Jackson’s car and Blisterine both went
| 250 mph, so Steve is Steve Jackson.
| Fast and Loose was quicker than Bubba |
| (4), so Bubba must have gone 240 mph,
|| making him Bubba Van Happs, owner of |
| Hot Stuff.
|
|
|
|
| Steve Jackson—250 mph—Blisterine
|
} Zak Dupris—235 mph—Chicken Speed | |
| Bubba Van Happs—240 mph—Hot Stuff
j
|

| Marty Delaney—255 mph—Fast and

Loose |
Kate Schwartz—265 mph—Rock Racer. |

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melons Sones
Sens on
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Bate =
eat ae

Dorrit works in fudge, Brenda doesn’t and she isn’t 13; one spade weighs as
Dorrit (1). Diane is Diane Toggle and she doesn’t much as one heart plus
work in wrapping, mints, truffles (2), or fudge (1). one diamond; thus three
Bob works in orders, not with caramels (3). Neither spades weigh as much
Bob, Brian, nor Brenda work in quality control (4). as three hearts and three
Deborah, Diane Toggle, and Brenda don’t work in diamonds. So one diamond
lollipops, and Bob and Brian don’t work in mints (5). weighs as much as six
Deborah is Deborah Duffy (6). The taster works in hearts and one spade
truffles and is not Deborah, Brian, or Bob (6). Bob weighs as much as seven
doesn’t work in lollipops (7), caramels (3), mints (5), hearts. Thus thirteen
or truffles (6), so he must work in fudge and fudge hearts are needed to
must be in orders (3). Neither Deborah Duffy, Diane balance scale c.
Toggle, Brenda, nor Bob work in lollipops, so that
must be Brian. Button works in packing (8). Caramels
are not in wrapping (8). Dorrit isn’t Brenda (1), Diane
(2), nor Deborah (6), and Brian doesn’t work in fudge
(1) so Dorrit must be Bob and Dorrit must work in
fudge and orders. The truffle worker is neither Diane
Toggle (2), Dorrit (1), Deborah Duffy (6), nor Button
(8), so it must be Hopper. Hopper then doesn’t work
with lollipops, and neither do Toggle (5), Duffy (5), nor
Bob Dorrit (7), so the lollipop worker must be Button.
So Button doesn’t work in mints and neither does
Bob Dorrit (5), Hopper the truffle taster nor Diane
Toggle (2), so Deborah Duffy is the mint worker,
leaving Diane Toggle to work in caramels. Diane
Toggle doesn’t work in wrapping (2), packing (8), or
orders (3), and truffles are in tasting so Diane Toggle ib Clubs
works in the quality control department, leaving Zz: 2
wrapping to Deborah Duffy. 3. 20: 4, 6, 9, and ace
4. 17: 5, jack, and ace
Deborah Duffy—wrapping—mints 5. The 6 of hearts
;Diane Toggle—quality control—caramels 6. 22: queen, 5, 4, and
- Brenda Hopper—tasting—truffles ace
Bob Dorrit—orders—fudge 7. Spades
_Brian Button—packing—lollipops 8. The 8 of clubs
he
 7+ Phx gg4 ge 98 Ft 25 = 919

oa
Shea Sagoo"

The center is very important. Try to

restrict the movement of your opponent’s
coins (e.g., into a corner) so that there’s
more opportunity to make a winning line.

G3
d; it contains five empty circles,
whereas the other shields only contain
four empty circles each.

&>&. 20} + [14] -Tol x6} - fia} = 3] =]44

329476; each number is the third,
fourth, and fifth digits of the previous
number reversed, followed by the
first, second, and sixth digits of the 73; they are the digits of the three
previous number in the same order. times table (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24,
27, 30) rearranged in groups of two.

118
 ne
ee eS ee

71
Seven minutes past
_ ten. The hour hand
_ points to the number
| of letters in the city’s
name. The minute
| hand points to the
value of the first letter ©GEORGETOWN
(i.e., 1minute past
equals A, 2 minutes past equals B, and
SO On).

72 PEPE
| b; each vertical line and
- horizontal line contain 4
_ two right-side-up pairs
| of lightning bolts and
| one inverted pair. Each
| line contains a black, a white, and a
| green central oval. Each line contains
| two green cages and one white wire
cage over the oval. Finally, each line
contains one image with two buttons,
| one with a single button, and one with 6. Blue, pink, and
no buttons. The missing image should orange
have a pair of right-side-up lightning eats
bolts and a white central oval with a 8. Purple
green cage, and one button.

119
— MINDW “RKS
K. Omega is the final letter of the
aan . Greek alphabet.
He does his patrols when his digital N. Cygnus cygnus is the Latin
clock is displaying a palindromic time: classification for the swan.
01:10, 02:20, 03:30, 04:40, 05:50, 10:01,
11:11, 12:21.

“ei

d; every fifth square contains a left

diagonal line, every fourth square
contains a red dot, and every third
square contains a right diagonal line.

9263; all the in which the first

others follow and third digits
the pattern: have swapped
7421/2471 places.
3869/6839
4283/8243

The combination is 81. Correct

versions of false statements:
B. IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient.
E. The first Boeing 747 jumbo jet flew
in February 1969.
H. A lepidopterist collects butterflies.
B84 , so he must have scored 3. Callan didn’t
ee we score 5 (7). Wayne Brady didn’t score
9731862; the numbers are rearranged 1 (1), 5 (2), or 4 (5) goals. Emile scored
so that all the odd numbers (in 3, SO Wayne must have scored 2. The
numerically descending order) are Rangers’ center forward didn’t score 5,
followed by all the even numbers (in 4 (3), 3 (left winger), or 2 (Wayne Brady,
numerically descending order). not a center forward), so he scored
1. Paul scored one more than David,
neither scored 2 (Wayne) or 3 (Emile)
goals, so Paul must have scored 5 for
United and David 4, leaving Darius with
1, which makes him the Rangers’ center
forward. The Rovers player scored two
more than Darius (3), giving him 3 and
making him Emile, in which case the
Town player scored 4 (6). This leaves
the City defender (7) with 2, making
him Wayne Brady. Hughes scored 4 (5),
so he’s the Town player named David.
Callan got1 (7), making him Darius,
the Rangers’ center forward. Best then
mops Peek = fi3f < foo} =f af-fe7h=fi71 plays for United, making him Paul with
5 goals, and since neither Callan (center
forward), Brady (defender), Hughes
‘s7 a eg (5), nor Chariton (left wing) are right
wingers, Paul Best must be one and
Wayne’s second name is Brady. He David Hughes must be the midfielder for
isn’t a center forward or a midfielder Town.
and he didn’t score 1 goal (1). Darius
didn’t score 5 goals (1). Charlton plays Wayne Brady—City—defender—2 goals
for Rovers; he didn’t score 1 goal, and David Hughes—Town—midfield—4
Brady didn’t score 5 (2). The center goals
forward plays for Rangers and didn't Paul Best—United—right wing—5 goals
score 5 or 4 goals (3). The Rovers’ Darius Callan—Rangers—center
player, Charlton, didn’t score 1 or 2 (3). forward—1 goal
Paul plays for United and didn’t score Emile Chariton—Rovers—left wing—3
1 goal (4). Hughes scored 4 and isn't a goals
winger (5). The left winger is Emile. He
didn’t score 1, 2, 5 (6), or 4 goals (5),
MINDW “RKS
SBE example, a W becomes a Q instead.
The deciphered message reads as
4x 5+33-19
+ 4+1 = 36 follows: “The code word is a city in
New York state, which is described as
a bison in the US.” Therefore, the code
sso ___word is BUFFALO.

3527; in all of the others, the sum of a

the first two digits is equal tothe sum §@:
of the second two digits, e.g., 3984, 933
where 3+9=8 +4. | 6947; reverse the digits and discard
a: _ the smallest value digit each time.

8; one knife and one fork weigh as

much as six spoons, so two knives
and one fork weigh as much as five
forks. Thus one knife weighs as much
as two forks. Three forks thus balance
six spoons and one fork balances two
spoons. Thus eight spoons are needed
to balance scale c.

ack instante
avai = gral

HER
ia”

AAA
at Ss

To decode, you type the message on

the keyboard but move your fingers
one key to the left each time. For
 by William, Billy, or Bobby (8). Hacky Sack
wasn’t Billy, Betsy, or Bobby, or played in
1217;5+7=12;9+8=17 the cafeteria or common room (9). Hacky
Sack, marbles (7), jump rope (4), and
hopscotch (3) weren’t 1st, so jacks must
have been, and jacks must be Billy (7).
Betsy wasn’t then jacks nor hopscotch
Cards that have moved are shown (6), marbles (1), nor Hacky Sack (9), so
shaded. |@allh
(gui) o || ee, she must have been jumping rope in the
quad (8). Wendy wasn’t skipping then, and
she wasn’t playing hopscotch (3), marbles
(1), or jacks (Billy), so she must be Hacky
Sack. Hacky Sack finished higher than
jump rope (4), neither were 1st (7 & 4) or
Ath (3), jump rope wasn’t 3rd (2), and so
Hacky Sack was 2nd and jump rope was
5th (Betsy Campbell in the quad), leaving
marbles with 3rd—in the common room
(2) with Bobby Macfie (1). Stuart isn’t
marbles (1), Hacky Sack (4), hopscotch (3),
Bobby is Bobby Macfie and he played nor jump rope (Betsy Campbell), so must
marbles. Bobby Macfie wasn’t 4th or 5th be jacks and thus 1st and Billy. Wendy
and he and the marbles were not on the isn’t Macfie (1), Campbell (6), Macdonald,
soccer field (1). The 3rd place finisher nor Macfie, so she must be Lewis and
was in the common room, and it wasn’t William must be Macdonald. So:
Wendy nor Betsy (2). The 4th place was Bobby Macfie—3rd—common room—
hopscotch, not Wendy nor Betsy nor with marbies
the last name Stuart (3). The Hacky Sack Billy Stuart—1st—cafeteria—jacks
player was not named Stuart and not 5th, Wendy Lewis—2nd—playground—Hacky
and jump rope wasn’t 1st (4). Wendy was Sack
in the playground. She isn’t Macdonald Betsy Campbell—5th—quad—jump rope
or Macfie (5). Betsy is Betsy Campbell, William Macdonald—4th—soccer field—
wasn’t 1st, didn’t play hopscotch, and hopscotch.
wasn’t in the cafeteria (6). Billy was 1st,
but not in Hacky Sack, marbles, nor on
the soccer field (7). Billy wasn’t 4th, and ts a
eS
seus gn
ee

neither was Bobby (1), Wendy, nor Betsy a4 Cee ees Bie.

(3), so it must have been William and he

13h + f27y = frof + fis} - fri x Jo T=[72
must have been playing hopscotch (3).
Jump rope was in the quad and not done
 MINDW “RKS

100
d; each vertical and
horizontal line contains
two white pigs and a pink
one. Each line contains two
_ pink-nosed pigs and a white-nosed
pig. Each line contains a pig with
black feet, a pig with white feet, and a
pig with pink feet. Each line contains
two pigs with four spots and one with
101 three spots. Each line has two pigs
facing left and one facing right. Finally,
om, Somes = The solution each line contains two pigs with a tail
path starts and and one with no tail. The missing pig
finishes with the should be white, with a white nose,
full design: first white feet, four spots, be facing left,
visiting designs and have a tail.
that have had

104
one element
Ra until just
a background
D shape remains, 2634 and 16; the two-figure nui
then replacing in the top group are the sum of the
the elements until the design is once digits of each of the four-figure
more complete. numbers in the bottom group and vice
versa. For example, 7529/23 (7 + 5 + 2
24 o2 +9 = 23).

ane choosing a word, remember

that words with a small number of
vowels will be more difficult to guess.
Examples of five-letter words with Mramines per mile = (60/M) mph =
no vowels include DRYLY, HYMNS, (60 x 1.6/M) km/h = M km/h. This
NYMPH, and TRYST. Do not change your simplifies to M being the square root
guesses too radically otherwise you of 96 (approx. 9.8). In other words,
will find it difficult to figure out the around 9.8 minutes per mile is the
logic. If you can, move one letter and same rate as 9.8 km/h.
change another letter completely.
 |4170 is 45 ticks around the
Clock. At 9:48, it will
1 8 1510 be 49 ticks around,
11145 4 and the minute hand
6 31213 will be at the 48th tick.
16.9 2 °7 Therefore, the hands
are exactly one tick
|444 apart.

114
17
05
Looking across at
numbers in the same | c; rotate the grid 90
position in each block, | degrees clockwise,
the series of numbers | then deduct1 from the
progress: 7, 5, 3, 1, (—2); | odd numbers and add 1
4, 5, 6, 7 (+1); 9, 6, 3,0 | to the even numbers.
(-3); 8, 7, 6, 4)(=I):

\ 12 | fas
|
J

Ho
HHHAB
O8§ Boo
HOOAHDOA
@
_t
SB |
92 and 81; in all the The combination
others the number at the is 73. Correct
bottom is produced by versions of false
taking the second digit statements:
of the top number less 1, C. In heraldry, the color
followed by the first digit green is referred to as
of the top number less 1. vert.
E. The 1984 Olympic

41 = - Games were held in

a Los Angeles.
Strangely, the only G. Don Quixote’s horse
possible solution turns was named Rosinante.
out to be 9:48. This I. Tia Maria is a liqueur
works because the flavored with coffee.
hour hand moves one K. “As old as time itself”
“tick” clockwise after is an example of a
every 12 minutes. At simile.
9 o’clock, the hour hand
MINDW “RKS ee
M. Coryza is the - |
scientific name for si a ¢
the common cold. 80; subtract 0.5, then 1.5, then 4.5, then 13.5, i.e., the

6 a
ieAT era

1. Carol oe
2. An 8 6. George
3. Ella (card values 7. John
SR Se Cel Rs A ee total 37) 8. Spades
Decipher the bottom row 4. Adam and John (card
using the system A = 1, values aia)
B = 2, C = 3, etc., which
spells out the word
CIPHER.

eee

19.5; the sequence The top three levels are straightforward. For the other
progresses: divide by numbers we need to employ a different approach. One
3/add 3/multiply by 3/ method is to replace the three unknowns with the
subtract 3. letters A, B, and C. This gives us these three equations:
65 = (9 + A) + (A+B),
: ws hence 2A + B = 56;

hence A + 2B + C = 98;
6589; in all the others 110 = (B + C) + (C + 14),
the number formed by hence B + 2C = 96.
the middle two digits is Adding the first and last
the product (multiplied equation together gives
together) of the first 2A + 2B + 2C = 152, oo | 17 | of | 37 |e
and last digits, for hence A+B +C = 76.
example, 8567, where Comparing this with the middle equation shows that
8 x 7 = 56. B must be 22, since it has another B and its total is 22
higher. Now that we know B = 22, it’s easy to see that
A = 17 and C = 37 from the other equations. The rest of
the pyramid can now be completed.
 formed by the fifth and
be sixth digits. For example
DOBRO BBBeeo Square1 goes in 3+9=12,and9 +12 =
BOO Oo Go ua
BOB BOBO position D, 2 to A, 3 to 21, this producing the
12 i S| 7
BOBO Boo Oe C, and 4 to B. number 391221.
7

i7]eli}ij2io[4 im 4)2)eli jolie) Option d, following this

[119]5}6|7|2]3 Mj o}s5} 7/2] 8)9/3) rule, should be 191019,
Hou ea ea Ge not 191029.
DOOD BOBO OO
uo @
16]6] 3/6) 9}9]1 M2) 9}5) 3]4]
4S 7 19/3 2 Bs |5[2
HOO Bao

d; each vertical
and horizontal
ee
—— line contains =
” —
me
*

a green, a ie
‘ae
3
.

blue, and a red umbrella. With an odd number of

Each line contains a coins, making moves Here is one possible
brown, a black, and a that are the mirror-image solution:
gray briefcase. Each line to your opponent’s will
contains two black hats guarantee a win.
and a blue one. Each
line contains two pairs
of sneakers with dark
blue stripes and one pair 8 p.m.; since this is
with red stripes. Each one hour later than the 8132479; the positions
line contains one image midpoint between 1 p.m of the numbers move
with missing cuff buttons. and 1 a.m., namely 7 p.m. as follows:
Finally, each line has A BCODE F G
one of the three images lie 2 396 oO, be 24
. tee is
‘ :
[|' = 3;- ae
eae

facing right. The missing Games, “A°o2. 5o 8

image should have a d, 191029; in all the rae 1! iy Roy kot: Paes Fe |
green umbrella, a gray others, add the first two
- Suitcase, a black hat, blue numbers to produce EC FAGOD B
striped sneakers, and cuff the number formed by 398 7 46 2
_ buttons and should be the third and fourth pew OA torts ee Cy
facing right. digits, then add again 8 13 247 9
to produce the number

ae a
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS © DEDUCTIVE PUZZLES
& Puzzle contributors
Contributors arelisted next to the numbers ofthe puzzles they created.
© David Bodycombe
76,78,
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Puzzles 10,10
85,81,82,
7, 8,
110, 113, 115, 116, 122, 126, 127, 129, 130
. ° Guy Campbell
3 Puzzles 8, 12, 16, 17, 24, 26, 40, 44, 51, 53, 54, 57, 67, 72, 87, 98, 101, 103, 109, 124, 125

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