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	From the July/August 2010 issue: Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each. F---IA FI---O N---ENT View solution
	From the May/June 2010 issue: There is one number less than 1000 that gives a remainder of 1 when it is divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8. What is that number? View solution
	From the March/April 2010 issue: What is the next number in this series?   149, 162, 536, 496, 481, ... View solution
	From the January/February 2010 issue: Replace the asterisks by the correct mathematical signs to make the expression equal to 99. 16 * 12 * 2 * 3 = 99 View solution
	From the November/December 2009 issue: What number gives the same result when it is added to five as when it is multiplied by five?   View solution
	From the September/October 2009 issue: What is the next number in this series?   2 4 8 10 20 View solution
	From the July/August 2009 issue: What do the following numbers - and only these numbers - have in common? 3 7 10 11 12 View solution
	From the May/June 2009 issue: The following number has a rather special characteristic. What makes it unique? 8,549,176,320 View solution
	From the March/April 2009 issue: What row of numbers comes next in this series?   1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 View solution
	From the January/February 2009 issue: If Cat + Dog... If cat + dog = 7, and rat + mouse = 31, what does alligator + bird = ?  View solution
	From the November/December 2008 issue: 5 Digits What 5-digit number has the following features? If we put numeral 1 at the beginning, we get a number three times smaller, than if we gave the numeral 1 behind this number. What is the number? View solution
	From the September/October 2008 issue: What number am I? I am a three digit number. My second digit is four times more than my third digit. My first digit is seven less than my second digit. What number am I? View solution
	From the July/August 2008 issue: Adding Up to 100 16,17,23,24,39,40 Adding together each of these numbers as many times as you want, how do you reach a sum of exactly 100? View solution
	From the May/June 2008 issue: You can take away the whole and still have some left. You can take away some and still have the whole left. What is it? View solution
	From the March/April 2008 issue: What number am I? I am a three digit number. My second digit is four times more than my third digit. My first digit is seven less than my second digit. What number am I? View solution
	From the January/February 2008 issue: Next...?   Find the next number in the series: 1... 2... 5... 14... 41... 122... ??? View solution
	From the November/December 2007 issue: Using the digit "8" 8 times (and no other digits), add numbers together to reach a sum of 1000.   View solution

 

		From the September/October 2007 issue: Midnight If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?   View solution
		From the July/August 2007 issue: What common mathematical symbol, when placed between the numbers 4 and 5, will result in a number that is greater than 4 but less than 6? View solution
		From the May/June 2007 issue: What do these words have in common? Each and every word in this list has the same unusual uniqueness in common. Here are the words: Assess Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Voodoo If I left one of the words off the list, it wouldn't affect the answer. What do these words have in common? View solution
		From the March/April 2007 issue: What is... Once in a minute, Twice in a moment, and Never in a thousand years? View solution
		From the January/February 2007 issue: Always and Never It's always 1 to 6, It's always 15 to 20, It's always 5, But it's never 21, Unless it's flying. What is it?   View solution
		From the November/December 2006 issue: Confused Bank Teller A confused bank teller transposed the dollars and cents when he cashed a check for Mrs. Smith, giving her dollars instead of cents and cents instead of dollars. After buying a newspaper for 50 cents, Mrs. Smith noticed that she had left exactly three times as much as the original check. What was the amount of the check?   View solution
		From the September/October 2006 issue: Makes Sense What rule defines the following sequence of numbers? 5, 2, 2.5, 2, 2 View solution
		From the July/August 2006 issue: A Strong Will  A father, in his will left all his money to his children in the following manner:  $1000 to the first born and 1/10 of what then remains, then  $2000 to the second born and 1/10 of what then remains, then  $3000 to the third born and 1/10 of what then remains, and so on. When this was done each child had the same amount. How many children were there?   View solution
		From the May/June 2006 issue: Gently Down the Stream  Two boats on the opposite shores of a river start moving towards each other. When they pass each other they are 750 yards from one shoreline. They each continue to the opposite shore, immediately turn around and start back. When they meet again they are 250 yards from the other shoreline. Each boat maintains a constant speed throughout.  How wide is the river?   View solution
		From the March/April 2006 issue: Lunch Money In my town there are four restaurants. The price for lunch at the four restaurants is $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, and $20.00. In my wallet I have four bills. They might be ones, fives, tens, or any combination of those (with each type of bill being equally likely) but I don't know what they are. If I randomly select a restaurant, what is the probability I'll have enough money for lunch?   View solution
		From the January/February 2006 issue: Lucky Thirteen?  Where does 13 belong in this ordered sequence of numbers? 8, 11, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 10, 3, 12, 2      View solution

 

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