A Few Puzzles for Thought and a Challenge

April 30, 2012

updated 2019-06-11

How many cookies could you eat on an empty stomach? (1)

letters: It occurs once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it?


Here are a few “level 1” (easy?) puzzles

 


12 ?

 


Assuming all blocks that are not visible from this angle are present, how many blocks have been removed
from this 4 x 4 x 4 block?


16 ?

 


24 ?

 


3 ?

 


A ?

 


C ?

 


Gears

 

gears alternate in rotation:

 

If you turn the gear in the bottom corner counterclockwise,
which way will the geared bar slide? Downward to the left or
upward to the right?

 

If you turn gear F counterclockwise, which way will gear A turn?

c.w. ?

 

 

 


d ?  

 

which of the connected gears turns the fastest?

 

which of the top 3 turns fastest?
[ the 3 are the same size ]


[ of course, the bottom one, “4”, turns even faster. ]

 

how do bicycle gears work?

How is it that the smallest gear on the
back wheel enables you to go the fastest?

 

 


1 ?  

 

 


Maze

 

a maze with elevators

 

 

 


Pictures

 

Starting with “A” find the 1 difference between it and the next motorcycle and rider.
There is 1 difference in each picture – all the way to picture “E”.

 

Find the two trains that are the same . . .
and different from all the others.

 

 

 


a,b ?  

 

 


a,e,c ?  

 


b,f,c ?  

 

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