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Dave Auckly’s Crunched Charms

Can you restore these crunched charms? A short introduction to knot theory by mathematician Dave Auckly.

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Paulo Ferro’s Math Challenges

Two puzzles by the Portuguese math teacher Paulo Ferro.

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Ping-Pong Redux

Try your hand at this ping-pong scoring puzzle by Dan Bennett.

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Col. George Sicherman’s Dice

How can you make a pair of Sicherman Dice -- that is, renumber a pair of dice so that they give you the same odds as a pair of standard dice?

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The Apple Conundrum

Two women selling apples come up a dollar short. What happened?

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World Cup 2014: Puzzle 1 of 2

A puzzle by Joe Fendel to celebrate World Cup 2014.

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World Cup 2014: Puzzle 2 of 2

A puzzle by Marco Moriconi to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2014.

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Bram Cohen’s Straights and Flushes

Can you solve this card puzzle by BitTorrent protocol inventor Bram Cohen?

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Like the Figure Formed

A math lesson from Daniel Raymon.

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The Twelve-Coin Problem

How can you use a scale to isolate a counterfeit coin?

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Roderick Kimball’s Path Puzzles

See if you can weave your way through these original puzzles by the Flying Karamazov Brother Roderick Kimball.

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Joe Fendel: At the Video Store

What's the best way to choose a family movie? Try this challenge by Joe Fendel.

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Daniel Finkel’s Flying Squirrel-Frog

Will the squirrel-frog escape its feline pursuers? Test your powers of strategy and logic with this fur-raising challenge by Daniel Finkel.

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Gordon Hamilton and Ariadne’s String

Can you help navigate a maze of columns in this puzzle inspired by a classic Greek myth?

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The Two Cookies Puzzle

Two Cookies and 2guess: two logical quests to bend your mind.

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Ants on a Triangle

From Google's Peter Norvig: a puzzle about colliding ants.

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Bugs on a Square

Can you solve the classic Four Bugs on a Square puzzle?

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Zandra Vinegar and Rafael Cosman’s Wide-Eyed Bullfrog Puzzle

How will the frogs breed? Check out this puzzle by Rafael Cosman and Zandra Vinegar.

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Gary Hewitt’s Train Puzzle

How to decide where best to board your train, in a puzzle from Gary Hewitt.

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The Counterfeit Bill

The bill was counterfeit. How much did the shopkeeper lose?

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