Brain Practice

Solution to “Feeding Time ~ a logic problem”

by Shelly Hazard

5 March 2015

6:30 AM – monkeys

6:45 AM – bears

7:00 AM – giraffes

7:15 AM – zebras

7:30 AM – lions

March Newsletter Puzzles

18 March 2015

The Pyramid puzzle

3 1 2 2 1 1
1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1

Line 1 is ‘Two ones’ (2 1)
Line 2 then becomes ‘One two, and one one’ (1 2 1 1)
Line 3 therefore is ‘One one, one two and two ones’ (1 1 1 2 2 1)
Line 4 is ‘Three ones, two twos and one one’ (3 1 2 2 1 1)
Line 5 is ‘One three, one one, two twos and two ones’ (1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1)

Notice anything?

This is an easy-to-read paragraph but there are many repeated words. Your clever brain fuses the repeated words into one because it expects there will be only one word!

Dingbats

1. Scrambled eggs
2. All in good time
3. Split second timing
4. Bags under the eyes

What’s the Game?

During, Amateur, Rancid, Trouble, Symbol
The game is DARTS

Counting Up

There are 46 squares in all.