Questions tagged [calculation-puzzle]
A puzzle that involves numerical calculations, such as multiplication and addition.
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Number puzzle i really need help with
I found this puzzle in a VRChat world.
Its a 6 number puzzle, and I need to know the value of “? ? ? ? ? ?”.
I also need to know the number.
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Living in prime years
A human was born somewhere in interval of [1;1920] A.D. They lived exactly 100 years. They lived through more years that were prime numbers than any other human (of the same lifespan) who was born in ...
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Guess the missing digits [duplicate]
Can you guess the missing digits in the following multiplication?
??? x 3? = ????
Digits from 1 to 9 appear exactly once each.
The goal is to solve it with as little calculation as possible.
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Visual calculation puzzle
Below are some objects and numbers. Try figure out what they represent and finally replace the question mark.
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Why do I celebrate later? (still 13,37 years)
A very little time ago, just a bit ago one may say, people started partying. Some even went out of their houses to do so… crazy thing, IMHO.
Anyway, I don't, I'll start partying in 4886 days.¹
Why do ...
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Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
Some of us already did, and some of us are going to end the years with the word "teen" in it soon, for another 94 years.
So let me ask the question: How many distinct numbers can you produce with ...
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Maximizing Product of Selected Cards
Jennifer is playing a game. The Ace through King of spades are taken from a standard playing deck and laid out facedown on the table. At any time, Jennifer can select two cards and reveal them, and ...
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Two cards which product is not a square
There are 100 cards on a table numbered 1,2,...,100. What is the maximum number of cards, which can be selected such that no two cards have a product, which is a perfect square?
Example: you cannot ...
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Date from 2 wooden cube puzzle [duplicate]
In an interview the interviewer asked me a question based on date.
Suppose in a office, at the manager's desk there are 2 wooden cubes to show the date of month, every day the manager sets the cubes ...
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“When the Romans counted the entirety of their whole army, their sum was greater than the value of this.” [closed]
I came across this site and you all seem really smart so I was possibly hoping you could help me. I have this puzzle and I can't work it out, does anyone has a clue or answer?
When the Romans ...
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4 Attempts to Guess a Number Between 1-15
Is there a way to find a number between 1-15 in 4 attempts? In each attempt you can guess a range / combination of numbers and you will get an answer if the number is in that range / combination or ...
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A four digit long password [closed]
Mary has a password-protected smartphone, but she is not very good at remembering numbers. She decided to come up with a simple mnemonic,
"My favorite things are MILK and EGGS."
Her password is 4-...
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A New Math Operation?
Your quirky Math teacher comes with a new Math operation called "@" and wants to see if you can figure out what it does.
She writes the following examples on the blackboard:
8@5 = 31340
9@3 =...
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Missing Number Picture Puzzle
This is is logical reasoning puzzle in which your challenge is to find the relationship among the given numbers and then find the value of the missing number.
Source: https://www.funwithpuzzles.com/...
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Locked Door Number Puzzle
I'm supposed to make a delivery to a crazed botanist. In case you're curious, the shipping manifest is:
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I want an exact value of Pi
Use 1, 2, 2, 2 (Each number used exactly once) to form π.
I want an exact value of π, not any approximation.
Available operators:
+ - * / ( ) ^ !
You can use any one of them for any times.
Hint:...
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How to make the number 49?
You've to start with $1$ and can use each of the following operations at most once.
You can do the following in any order you like:
1) Add $2$.
2) Add $3$.
3) Add $5$.
4) Multiply $2.$
5) ...
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Is there any pattern involved in the following sequence? [closed]
Consider the numerical sequence $$800,1600,4800,6400,12000,6400, \cdots.$$ Is there any pattern involved in this sequence? I am very curious to know that.
This puzzle is from a FlipKart Daily Quiz.
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How to fill up the numbers in a set of empty discs drawing a pentagon?
The following pentagon is composed by $10$ discs. Each disc must be filled with one number. The allowed numbers to be used are the first $10$ even positive numbers. The sum of the numbers to be placed ...
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“Short” And Sweet Math
In the following chess diagram, how many possible chess postions exist?
No looking at the solution!
Source: P1359129 & Andrew Jonathan Mestel,
Retros mailing list, 2/1/2019
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One-digit products in a row of numbers, base-N
Generalizing One-digit products in a row of numbers to base-N:
For which bases N does there exist at least one solution to the following:
"The digits from 1 to N can be arranged in a row, such that ...
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One-digit products in a row of numbers
The digits from 1 to 9 can be arranged in a row, such that any two
neighbouring digits in this row is the product of two one-digit numbers.
Arrangement:
Is it possible to do such an arrangement ...
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Find the hidden message in this weird array
This puzzle is from my best friend.
? ? 0
? ?
? ? ?
1 3 0
1 8 2 0
Figure out the answer.
Do not ignore any of the tags!
Hint:
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Missing number in a 5x5 table
I'm trying to find a solution for the following puzzle. A friend sent it to me and I know that he didn't create it and that's about it for the original source; I tried to find it on the net but I ...
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How do I answer this?
So, I'm trying to figure out this weird code that was sent from one of my friends. Could someone please tell me the sentence within?
30 30 31 31 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 20 30 30 31 31 ...
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A boy who has red hairs [duplicate]
Two math teachers were having a chat:
Do you have children?
Yes, I have 3 sons.
What are their ages?
Let's make this more fun. If you multiply the ages of my sons, you get the number 36.
Ok.
And the ...
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Magic Race between Rabbit and Turtle - who will win?
The race is for 500km and these are the following items they can use in the magic race... Every defect will activate again after completing the mentioned time.
Rabbit has the following items ...
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Missing Number in a Seven Segment Circle
What number should replace the question mark?
Please be helpful. If you have the answer, please reply to this post with the explanation and answer. If you don't have the answer, then don't comment. ...
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I need a solution for this puzzle [closed]
This is meant to be a simple puzzle
Given that:
3 - 4= -1
5 + 3= 7
2 + 6= 15
30 / 6= 20
Find: 20% of the sum for the final answer
Hint:
Final Answer Format: 00/0=0
(/ = ÷) (Divide Symbol)
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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
I discovered that I can control the local weather, depending on what color shirt and hat I wear at a given location. My home country of Flanmanistan has hired me to go back and do drought and famine ...
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How to solve the input output puzzle?
Here's the puzzle
I am solving daily input-output challenge questions in the gradeup android app in order to take preparation for SBI (State Bank of India) PO (Probationary officer). Here I came ...
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Somebody hacked my calculator
Harvey the hacker struck again. After powering on my calculator, I entered the Keystrokes in the order shown below. Instead of the Expected Result, I got the Hacked Result.
What will be the last ...
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Four coins on my desk
I have four coins, all of which are United States currency, on my desk. Some of these coins are face up, and the rest are face down. I know the following facts about the four coins:
1) Each of the ...
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Next term of the series
Find the next term of the series $79,95,25,39,99,$____
$(1)$ $117$
$(2)$ $81$
$(3)$ $243$
Source: IBPS PO mains exam in India
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Oops! Mixed up Multiplication - Needs to be Fixed
$Given$:
$U$, $V$, $C$ are distinct digits, varying from 1 to 9.
$U$ > $V$ > $C$
$UVC$, $VCU$, $CUV$ are concatenated Numbers
$(UVC)*(VCU)*(CUV)$ = $234235286$
The digits on the right hand side ...
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Some interesting calculation puzzle that I made
So I'm creating some kind math puzzle that goes like this:
1=-2+3
12=3*4
123=(4*5)+(6+7)*8-9+10 (thanks JS1 for finding shorter one)
1234=(5*6*7*8)-(9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+(17*18)+19+20+(-21+22))
...
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What's the missing number?
$\begin{array}{ccc}6&7&4\\
4&11&14\\
13&2&11\\
6&8&1\\
15&3&?\end{array}$
Own attempt at building a puzzle,
find the missing number.
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Express the given Fractions as Continued Fractions
Using only the numbers, $1$, $2$, $12$.
No concatenations allowed.
Only permitted signs are plus and division.
Brackets are not needed.
Expressions should be as concise as possible.
Typical ...
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Find the missing Number?
This is Tricky Puzzle That Will Totally Blow Your Brain.
Source with answer:
Note:
if you answer, do it with an explanation.
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Figure out this Four digit Palindrome with two distinct digits and
The sum of the digits of the palindrome is
Same as the number remaining after last two digits are removed.
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sorting 4 numbers using Min - Max boxes
Min-Max is a box that is capable of determining which of the two numbers is the higher (Max) and which is lower (Min).
I need to use minimum amount of boxes in order to sort 4 different numbers (any ...
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Resolve these Highly Narcissistic Relations
$U$, $V$, $C$ , $D$ , $E$, $F$, $G$, $H$, are distinct digits, varying from 1 to 9.
$UVCD$, $EFGHD$, $EHHEV$ are concatenated numbers.
Please deduce these with concise reasoning from the given ...
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Take out one Third..Keep Two Third..To Total Ten
There are total 36 numbers in the grid shown in the picture.
Cross out 12 of them and keep 24 of them.
Sum of the rest of the numbers should total 10 for each row and column.
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Professor Roman gives unusual math quiz ahead of
His usual Monday Morning 8am class.
This is for extra AAA credits.
$A$, $B$, $C$ are distinct digits.
$AA$, $BA$, $BBAAA$, $CBBBAB$ are distinct numbers.
Please deduce these with concise reasoning ...
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Perfect Powered Relations - Please Figure them out
$D$, $E$, $F$, $G$, $H$, $S$, $T$, $U$, $V$ are distinct digits and can vary from 0 to 9.
$DE$, $FGH$, $ESDE$, $SS$, $ST$, $SU$ are all concatenated Numbers.
From the given Relations below, deduce ...
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Go Get the Six Six-Pack
And fill with right Mathematical operands and enjoy.
Six Relations shown in the pictures are missing the right operands.
You can only use plus, minus, multiplication, division signs in between the ...
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Deduce the Missing Digits from the given Relations
Picture shown below contains 3 horizontal and 3 vertical relations.
Digits to be filled vary from 1 to 9.
Order of operations is given following the arrows vertically and horizontally.
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How do you Solve an Age-Old Problem? [closed]
Mansion has a son (Mark) and a daughter (Mindy). Mark is older than Mindy.
Five years ago, Sum of Mark and Mindy’s ages was twenty two. Five years from now, Mark will be exactly twice as old as Mindy....
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Jack and Jill went up the Hill to play
A Simple Card Game.
This deck of cards has only four cards simply labeled 1, 2, 3, 4. They are placed face down.
Jack and Jill take turns to draw a card. You sum up the numbers drawn so far after ...
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Express 50 to 100 with constituent digits only…my 100th pzl on 50th day
Using the following rules only, Express the numbers from 50 to 100 using only digits in the number. Concise with minimum number of characters is preferred.
No concatenation of numbers allowed.
Only, ...
