Flemming Bermann - 50 Math, Logic and Word Puzzles

Math, Logic and Word

Puzzles

Volume 1

By Flemming Bermann

BlackCone Publishing

50 Math, Logic and WordPuzzles

Volume 1

Published by BlackCone Publishing

ISBN 978-0-9576484-0-1

Publishing History

KDP edition published 2013

Copyright 2013 Flemming Bermann

Puzzle illustrations Copyright 2013 FlemmingBermann

Cover design by Black Cone Publishing

The right of Flemming Bermann to be

identified as the author of this work

has been asserted in accordance

with the Copyright, Designs

and Patents Act 1988

Have fun with the 1st volume of the 50 Puzzlesseries. In this brand-new Kindle book you will find 50 puzzles never publishedbefore in different categories: math, logical, word, geometry, code cracking, sticksand many others.

All puzzles are created by the author and are exclusive tothe Kindle platform. The majority of images are in black-and-white and optimizedfor e-readers. This provides crisp, clear images, which loads fast and isenjoyable to look at.

Whatever your puzzle solving level, you will be sure to findpuzzles to match your ability. The puzzles are ranked as follows:

!:Very easy; !!:Easy; !!!:Okay; !!!!:Hard; !!!!!:Very hard

Remember that puzzle solving is an excellent recreationalactivity. Anyone can have a go, whatever their age, alone or together withothers. But perhaps best of all, solving puzzles helps keep the brain mentallyfit and active.

Happy, fun puzzling, and never give up!

Each puzzle has an interactive link to a hint page, which provides alittle help with the answer. Another interactive link takes the reader directlyto the solution page for the puzzle, where the correct answer is explained indetail.

When on the hint page be careful not to go to the next page, asthis will instantly reveal the solution to a puzzle.

If the font size is set to three (3) on Kindle Fire each puzzle fitsneatly onto a single screen, which is also the case with most puzzles on oldermodels of the Kindle platform.

Also by Flemming Bermann

Global Warming for Young Minds

( ISBN 978-1-60911-4688)

Evolution for Young Minds

( ISBN 978-1-61897-0046)

Author website

www.globalwarmingforyoungminds.com

Table of Contents

5 reverse is to Stephenson as

20 reverse is to Elgar as

20 reverse is to Faraday as

50 obverse is to?

What name completes the logical sequence?

By moving just one of thefour letters, make up a mathematical expression equal to 1.

If

P + E + A = 22

P + E + A + T = 42

How much is T + E + A?

Shape

Disturb

Shake

Upshot

Alter

Which word is the odd oneout?

On planet Earth, for how manyhours did the 21st July 2011 exist?

Cut the strange looking pieceof wood in two places and create a 6 x 4 rectangle. When cut, the wood piecescan be rotated, but there is no need to flip them.

Which figure continues thesequence?

Dan says to Lisa: "Did you know that thedifference between you and Peter is the exact number of years it was since Raniwas my age?"

Lisa says to Dan: "Yes, I knew that. But doyou know that if you add all our ages together you get a cube number?

Rani says: "Here we go again! As usual thetwins are trying to outsmart each other."

Peter says: "In two years Dan will be as oldand clever as me."

How old are the four teenagers?

There was this lad named Jack,

White and pale he looked.

Eating too much and sleeping too little,

New puzzles had him completely hooked.

Tragic as it may sound,

You already know how this tale will end.

One day Jack came across this puzzle,

Nothing could stop him, not even a friend.

Endlessly he tried, but died, leaving it unsolved.

How old was poor Jack when he died?

Artwork

Fourier

Sixteen

Heights

?

A: Tenacity B: Canine

C: Baronet D: Length

Which word continues thesequence?

Before the horizontal sticks slid down, and mixedup the three letters, the sticks spelled out the title of a famous book.

Can you put the horizontal sticksback and discover the title of the famous book?

A small cube with sixidentical sides is shown from above.

How many visible, whole diamonds are there in total on a 2 x2 x 2 cube made up of the smaller cube, if placed on a non-transparent surface?

Lauran is standing in front of picture of a lion.

Her brother Jack walks up behind her and puts a hand over her left eye.

"What can you see?" asks Jack.

"The same as before," says Lauran.

Jack removes his hand before covering her right eye.

"What can you see?" asks Jack.

"The same as before," says Lauran.

Jack then covers both Laura's eyes.

"What can you see?" asks Jack.

"The same as before," says Lauran.

If Lauran is not lying, how can her last statement be true?