Today's Puzzle

[boohbah]

munching in the rough sounds like a ....hobby

 

[jdXp610]

Quite simple, really. Just remember to aim for the fairway and not at Topper, who's probably munching in the rough!

what an awesome siggy hi ho hi ho

 

[tom982]

Mark my words: I will find one you cannot solve within a few minutes, even if it takes a few years to find it .

Yeah, that's one solution. Can someone come up with another one?

lol, challenge accepted! We have a similar puzzle here in The Sunday Telegraph here in the UK (I don't read the telegraph, it's just that my Maths teacher used to bring the puzzles in for us) so I've had my share of practise with those

That one is a walk in the park compared to what you set us!


Is there more than one solution!? I worked through it all logically and don't remember having a choice of two at any point.

 

[Kari]

Is there more than one solution!? I worked through it all logically and don't remember having a choice of two at any point.

Here's another one:

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[tom982]

Is there more than one solution!? I worked through it all logically and don't remember having a choice of two at any point.

Here's another one:

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Nice! Thanks.

 

[drpepper]

Here is one for you. I hope it is not too simple.

A farmer is taking his goods to market. The market is located on the opposite bank of a nearby river. There is no ferry or other mode of transportation provided to cross the river. He has to supply his own. He loads up his wagon with a small boat and his goods (foxes, chickens, and corn).

When he reaches the river, he discovers he has problems. His boat is only large enough to hold him and one of his goods at a time. If he leaves the foxes and chickens unattended, the foxes will eat the chickens. If he leaves the chickens alone with the corn, the chickens will eat the corn. (The foxes and chickens will not stray away if left unattended.)

How does he get his goods to market without losing any of them?

 

[Dwarf]

Quite a simple puzzle. He simply ferries the items across as follows:

1. He ferries the Chickens across.
2. Returns empty-handed.
3. Ferries either Foxes or Corn across.
4. Returns with Chickens.
5. Ferries across with either Foxes or Corn, depending on what is left from Step 3.
6. Returns empty-handed.
7. Ferries the Chickens across.

They are all now safely on the other bank.

 

[drpepper]

you betcha!
I thought it might be too simple.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Why not Ferry the Foxes and corn across
come back empty
gather the chicken and ferry them across.

Fewer trips

 

[drpepper]

Maybe this is a little more challenging.

Fill in the blanks:

__ __ __ __ __ __ J A S O N __

 

[mitchell65]

Why not Ferry the Foxes and corn across
come back empty
gather the chicken and ferry them across.

Fewer trips

Because "His boat is only large enough to hold him and one of his goods at a time" So he can't carry foxes and corn. He could of course let the chickens eat the corn so reducing the number of items! He might get more for the chickens if they were fatter!

 

[drpepper]

ugh!!! cross posting!!

Try the one in post #130. Click here :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/290159-todays-puzzle-13.html#post2408230

 

[Dwarf]

Another simple one. They are the months of the year, arranged in chronological order. So that makes J F M A M J J A S O N D

 

[drpepper]

good job ... I guess I just don't know anything difficult to challenge you.

 

[tom982]

Dad got this in a recruitment test yesterday but couldn't do it, so he brought it home for me to solve Nice and easy one this, what's the next number in the sequence?


24 28 16 16 20 8 4 _

 

[drpepper]

24 28 16 16 20 8 4 4

 

[tom982]

Nope

 

[drpepper]

24 28 16 16 20 8 4 8

 

[tom982]

Bingo! But why?

 

[drpepper]

original series: 24 28 16 16 20 8 4 _
actually a sequence of three followed by another sequence of three ...
each sequence:

• first number of sequence provided
• second number = first number + 4
• third number = second number - 12

number following each three number sequence is given
math performed to find second and third numbers
... repeat ...