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A puzzle that requires formal logical deduction to arrive at the solution. This suggests more than merely reasoning through clues to find an answer (you might want [situation] for that).

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Do you know where your number ranks among your peers?

I tried this problem without looking at the answers first. But I came to a different conclusion to the other answers. So I'm posting another answer here. The answer to the question is We can demons …
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27 votes
3 answers
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Try Triling ("Triangular-Tiling")

You are given a grid. Some of the cells in the grid are labelled with positive numbers. You must partition the grid into triangles. There must be a triangle for each labelled cell Each cell must be …
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9 votes
1 answer
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Reconstruct a long division given less than a quarter of the digits, and all of those are wrong

Inspired by "The Puffin Book of Brainteasers" I decided to try my hand at creating a long division missing digits problem where all of the displayed digits are wrong. On searching I found that it has …
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3 votes
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Long Division when it is almost, but not entirely, wrong

Hmm, my last long division puzzle (Reconstruct a long division given less than a quarter of the digits, and all of those are wrong) didn't last the night. So let's try to make it harder. All of the …
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