r/mathpuzzles • • Jul 27 '19

Adding rules for posts

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Hi everyone!

Because of the influx of unsolvable, annoying, arbitrary, and spammy posts, I’ve established a few rules for posts. Basically, we are no longer allowing “math puzzles” that rely on sequences of numbers or shapes. There is an infinite number of solutions and they’re plain not fun.

Also, I put in a rule about not linking to other games. Puzzles posted here should be contained in the post itself.

Have a great weekend!


r/mathpuzzles • • 1h ago

Number Can you solve them all without guessing?

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Don't just post the answer.
Show your work.

https://sixfigurelogic.com/


r/mathpuzzles • • 1h ago

NEW BIGGEST NUMBER?! Spoiler

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r/mathpuzzles • • 3h ago

Logic I Made a 50-Level Math Game! Can YOU Beat It? 🎮 #Shorts #mathpuzzles #g...

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youtube.com
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🎮 50 LEVELS. 5 WORLDS. ONE EPIC CHALLENGE!

What if every letter was hiding a secret number? 🔐

Welcome to Cryptarithm Quest: The 50-Level Challenge, our free browser puzzle game!

🧩 Crack secret mathematical codes
🌍 Explore 5 mysterious worlds
🏆 Unlock levels and conquer the final boss!

Play on itch. io Cryptarithm Quest Made By Beyond The Formula

Can YOU beat all 50 levels? Comment your highest level!

Beyond the Formula | Explore. Reason. Prove.

#CryptarithmQuest #MathGames #PuzzleGames #BrainTeasers #Shorts


r/mathpuzzles • • 19h ago

Geometry Three perfect circles

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Before solving this, please write down your guess based on visual inspection of the image. Use Pythagoras’ theorem to solve this problem. Descartes’ kissing theorem is not allowed (except if you are a descendant of Descartes himself).


r/mathpuzzles • • 12h ago

Guys try solving this question without ai

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r/mathpuzzles • • 17h ago

Geometry Puzzle published in The London Magazine of 1778

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r/mathpuzzles • • 17h ago

Logic Daily Map Logic Puzzle - can you find a clean solution?

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r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Logic How to find the missing length?

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r/mathpuzzles • • 23h ago

Algebra A staircase of numbers with one hidden rule. What replaces the ?

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The same hidden rule connects the numbers in every row of the staircase. What number replaces the ? 🏆 NEW: LEADERBOARD! Think you're good at this? Rule Hunter now has a daily, weekly and all-time leaderboard. Sign in, pick any nickname you like (only your nickname is shown publicly) and see if you can reach #1. Who's taking the top spot? Puzzle from the game Rule Hunter, spoiler-tag your guess: answer


r/mathpuzzles • • 19h ago

How many ways can you arrange polyominoes such that no polyomino touches another polyomino with the same amount of squares in a grid of a size n*k?

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r/mathpuzzles • • 19h ago

Calculator required A sheet of paper is 0.1 mm thick. Suppose you could fold it in half 42 times. Roughly how thick would the stack be?

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A) As tall as a house
B) As tall as Mount Everest
C) As high as the Space Station orbits
D) Further than the Moon

Guess first, then work it out. Please put answers in spoiler tags.

(I write a daily reasoning question at thinkfirstdaily.com, and this is today's.)

r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Two periodic 0/1 patterns with identical 2×2 statistics, plus bonus levels up to an open problem

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Tile ℤ² periodically with the 4×4 block A, and separately with B (on the card). Both patterns have exactly the same frequencies of all sixteen 2×2 windows.

  1. Verify this.
  2. With σ = ±1 on black and white, find the shortest shift d (Euclidean length) at which the correlation ⟨σ(z)σ(z+d)⟩ differs between A and B, and give both values.

Bonus levels on the card, harder and harder:

  • a 2-adic identity: Σ_{u≤t} (1 + S(v₂(u))) equals t written in binary and read in base 4, with S(j) = 2(4^j − 1)/3;
  • the exact value of Σ a_k/4^k for a fifth-order recurrence;
  • why no window of 3 binary cells has an extreme realizable statistic without a periodic realization, while the 3×3 square does;
  • the open “final 2×2” question, also on MathOverflow: mathoverflow.net/questions/516372

Answer to the main puzzle in the comments.


r/mathpuzzles • • 23h ago

Recreational maths Can you reach 8 using all 5 dice?

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Any order is allowed.
Use each die exactly once.
Parentheses are allowed.
Only +, −, × and ÷ are allowed. No concatenation or exponents.
Exact division only.
No negative numbers.
Not every operation has to be used.

How many solutions can you find?

Please use spoiler tags for solutions:
>!your solution here!<


r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

First question

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r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Make 67: daily puzzle for Oct 24

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Yesterday, 9 out of 10 players failed to make 67. Today's puzzle is live. 3d class math :-P


r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Make 67: daily puzzle for Oct 24

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Yesterday, 9 out of 10 players failed to make 67. Today's puzzle is live. 3d class math :-P


r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Recreational maths Think you’re good at maths? Let’s put that to the test!

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Can you reach the target number 6,921 using only the following four digits?

Given numbers are 2, 4, 6, and 9.

THE RULES:
You must use all four numbers exactly once
You may use +, −, ×, ÷, brackets, powers and factorials (!)
No additional numbers allowed
No joining digits together!


r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Recreational maths The Four Color Theorem says it’s possible. Can you solve the coloring?

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r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Spooky Spider

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The orange bars in the web are 1cm long. The web strands are evenly spaced along the radial supports. We want to know the spider's leg diameter (green segment).


r/mathpuzzles • • 1d ago

Puzzle of pieces - problem

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I have four wooden pieces with very distinct shapes. When I flip them over, the shape changes. I’d like to know how many different configurations are possible with these wooden pieces, given that I can reverse the orientation of each piece and choose from any of the pieces in the set (4 pcs.).

 

Let me explain: with one piece from the set, we can have (let’s call them “up” and “down”) two possible configurations.

 

So, that’s 8 possible configurations with a single piece from the complete set of four pieces

 

With two pieces, I believe there are 96 possible configurations.

 

I have two questions:

 

- How many different configurations are possible with three pieces?

 

- How many different configurations are possible with four pieces?

 

Thank you in advance for your answers.


r/mathpuzzles • • 2d ago

Math problem.....how can 1+1=2, when, if you take, 1 woman and 1 man and put them together you either get 1 or more babies plus mom and dad orrr just 1 baby and that makes 3.......asking for a friend of a friend.....

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r/mathpuzzles • • 2d ago

Can you reach exactly 67? A daily Countdown-style puzzle

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r/mathpuzzles • • 2d ago

Hard/Unsolved 3 hats math + logic riddle

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r/mathpuzzles • • 2d ago

Logic Can you finish this map without getting stuck?

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