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Description: Puzzles, problems, and quizzes.
 

Seven Clues for Seven Weddings 
  (Here's a puzzle I composed several years ago. I don't think I've presented it in rec.puzzles before.) Seven men were best of friends, so when each got married he chose one of the other six to be his best man and a different one of them to be his usher. From the clues determine for each wedding, the names of... more »
By James Dow Allen  - May 17 - 1 new of 1 message    

What is it? Set 493 
  I need some help with four of them this week: [link] Rob
By Rob H.  - May 16 - 23 new of 23 messages    

Enigma 1743 - Order, order! 
  Enigma 1743 - Order, order! New Scientist magazine, 06 April 2013. By Susan Denham. I have written down a list of four positive whole numbers in increasing order. They are all less than 100, and no two of them have a common factor greater than 1. If I write the numbers in words, then each begins with a... more »
By Chappy  - May 16 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Technical accuracy in crossword puzzles 
  I was doing a crossword puzzle the other day, and the clue was ,"2.2 pound weight unit" and the answer was "kilo." This is not technically accurate in 2 senses. First, "kilo" is a prefix meaning 1000. A "2.2 pound weight unit is a kiloGRAM, not a kilo. Second, in some contexts, for example cooking, kilo means 2.2 pounds. A... more »
By Brian  - May 16 - 4 new of 4 messages    

Vampire hunting at the comedy club 
  There were 4 stand-up comics performing at the Chuckle Hut last night. Can you identify each one's first name (one was Carla), last name (one was White), joke topic and order of performance -- oh yes, and which 2 were vampires? 1. A vampire did not perform last. 2. Dave Green performed sometime after the comic who joked about game shows.... more »
By Puzzle Monster  - May 15 - 5 new of 5 messages    

Enigma 1742 - Chip-chop 
  Enigma 1742 - Chip-chop New Scientist magazine, 30 March 2013. By Adrian Somerfield. I have a seven-figure number that uses seven consecutive digits in some order. Starting at the left and deleting a digit leaves a six- digit number, then deleting the right-end digit leaves a five-digit number, then deleting the... more »
By Chappy  - May 13 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Revolution Puzzles 
  I was playing around on my computer and came up with a new type of puzzle, at least I haven't seen any like it before. The puzzle is explained in these instructions: [link] Puzzles: 1. [link] 2. [link] 3. The same solid from two different views:... more »
By Derrick  - May 11 - 7 new of 7 messages    

4192 Solution manuals & Test banks to Math, Statistics and Probability Books - part2 
  List of Solutions Manuals and Test Banks ______________________________ __________ contact to : mattos...@gmail.com mattosbw1(at)gmail.com NOTE : "THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR : CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, PHILIPPINES, NORTH KOREA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, MALDIVES, BHUTAN & COLOMBIA".... more »
By salvato...@gmail.com  - May 11 - 1 new of 1 message    

4192 Solution manuals & Test banks to Math, Statistics and Probability Books - part1 
  List of Solutions Manuals and Test Banks ______________________________ __________ contact to : mattos...@gmail.com mattosbw1(at)gmail.com NOTE : "THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR : CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, PHILIPPINES, NORTH KOREA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, MALDIVES, BHUTAN & COLOMBIA".... more »
By salvato...@gmail.com  - May 11 - 1 new of 1 message    

4192 Solution manuals & Test Banks to Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering Books - part2 
  List of Solutions Manuals and Test Banks ______________________________ __________ contact to : mattos...@gmail.com mattosbw1(at)gmail.com NOTE : "THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR : CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, PHILIPPINES, NORTH KOREA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, MALDIVES, BHUTAN & COLOMBIA".... more »
By salvato...@gmail.com  - May 11 - 1 new of 1 message    

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