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Four dice puzzle: 2,2,4,5

mathematics calculation-puzzle formation-of-numbers dice
Dec 30 '19 at 8:32 Gamow 44k
 
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The Erasmus chessboard theorem

mathematics combinatorics checkerboard
May 20 '16 at 16:04 user21820 427
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A matchstick game

mathematics strategy game matches
Mar 28 '16 at 0:18 ffao 21.1k
 
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On the shores of circle lake

mathematics geometry
Mar 13 '16 at 15:30 Gamow 44k
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Four-by-four table with equal row and column products

mathematics combinatorics
Feb 27 '16 at 19:05 Tony Ruth 1,827
 
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How to cut one hundred apples into pieces

mathematics
Feb 17 '16 at 10:44 Hugh Meyers 23.1k
 
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Ten thousand tiles

mathematics combinatorics
Feb 12 '16 at 15:48 Community♦ 1
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Cutting a 7-by-9 rectangle

mathematics geometry dissection tiling
Dec 19 '15 at 14:32 Community♦ 1
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Professor Halfbrain and the next square

mathematics calculation-puzzle number-theory
Oct 23 '15 at 6:43 klm123 15.6k
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The Erasmus dissection of a square

mathematics geometry dissection
Oct 4 '15 at 16:12 Gamow 44k
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A generalization of Tyler Seacrest's “Three voting prisoners” puzzle

mathematics strategy
Oct 2 '15 at 17:43 Community♦ 1
 
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The mini-facebook puzzle

mathematics strategy combinatorics
Sep 23 '15 at 21:13 GentlePurpleRain♦ 23.5k
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Dominoes on a chessboard

checkerboard tiling dominoes
Mar 23 '15 at 3:19 Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine 1,470
 
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The Erasmus tedrahedron

geometry triangle
Feb 2 '15 at 10:46 xnor 23k
 
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The Great Houdini's awesome card guessing trick (2)

mathematics strategy cards
Oct 19 at 19:46 melfnt 4,262
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Removing green marbles from the table

mathematics strategy game nim
Feb 6 '20 at 18:08 user3294068 7,295
 
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A truly amazing way of making every possible positive integer

mathematics calculation-puzzle formation-of-numbers
Mar 21 '17 at 2:45 Community♦ 1
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Please make x and y and z

mathematics formation-of-numbers
Apr 2 '16 at 6:16 Community♦ 1
 
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Four indeed is cosmic!

mathematics number-sequence reachability
Mar 22 '16 at 18:13 Community♦ 1
 
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A golden weight of 11111 gram

mathematics weighing number-theory
Mar 9 '16 at 9:12 Gamow 44k
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Non-Pythagorean coins (Part 2)

mathematics combinatorics frobenius
Mar 7 '16 at 12:36 Community♦ 1
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2016 coins and a balance

mathematics strategy weighing
Feb 14 '16 at 15:12 Hugh Meyers 23.1k
 
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Ranking soccer teams

mathematics strategy combinatorics
Jan 29 '16 at 17:27 hexomino 105k
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A new stunt at the flea circus

mathematics combinatorics
Jan 3 '16 at 13:58 DrunkWolf 2,370
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A big cube and 99 smaller cubes

mathematics geometry
Oct 21 '15 at 18:31 Deusovi♦ 116k
 
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The Ebbozonian coin weighing puzzle

mathematics strategy weighing
Oct 16 '15 at 20:59 Joel Rondeau 6,560
 
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Karim Benzema's soccer puzzle

mathematics combinatorics sports
Oct 8 '15 at 13:45 JonTheMon 9,732
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The Great Houdini's awesome card guessing trick (3)

mathematics strategy cards
Mar 18 '15 at 16:05 Community♦ 1
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Guessing a number with 250 divisors

mathematics strategy game number-theory
Jul 2 '19 at 23:30 user3294068 7,295
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Another Ebbozonian coin weighing puzzle

mathematics strategy weighing
Dec 9 '16 at 15:12 Community♦ 1
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