PQRST 10 PUZZLE COMPETITION

PUZZLE 01

50 points

Jumpy Fox
Locate letter cards into the cells of a 5x6 grid so that each word of the famous pangram can be read either
across or down from any one of the four directions. Some letters are already located.

There are 8 possible ways to read a word:

Answer key: Enter the letters on the fourth row from left to right; in the form of ABCDEF. Use points (.)
for empty cells.

PUZZLE 02

35 points

Olympic Digits
Place digits 1 through 9 into each closed area so that the sum of the digits inside every circle is the same.
1 is already placed.

Answer key: Enter the three digits on the top row, followed by the four digits on the middle row, followed
by the two digits on the bottom row in order; in the form of 123,4567,89.
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PUZZLE 03

80 points

Magic Order
Enter digits 1 through 6 into each row and each column once so that 24 different 6-digit numbers reading
in four directions are in increasing order as indicated by the numbers around the grid. Arrow-1 points to the
smallest number and arrow-24 points to the biggest number.
Example:

11
4
6
13

16

3
1
2
4

2
4
3
1

4
3
1
2

1
2
4
3

15

12

17

16

24

11

15

23

10

14

19

20

13

22

10

14

12

18

21

Answer key: Enter the numbers that arrows 4 and 16 are pointing to, in order. For the example, the answer
key would be: 1432, 4312

PUZZLE 04

(10 points penalty for a wrong answer) 75 points

Two Is Enough
Find all octominoes (8-ominoes) that can be covered with two I tetrominoes (Straight 4-ominoes) and fit
them into the grid below.
Example with dominoes:

Answer key: Enter the contents of the fifth row from left to right, using the same number for the same
octomino. Start with 1 and increase the number when you come across a new octomino. For the example,
the answer key for the second row would be: 12234
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PUZZLE 05

70 points

Easy as Skyscrapers
Locate all letter-number pairs into the grid so that no letter or digit is repeated in a row or a column. Numbers
represent the height of the building there. Letters around the grid shows the first letter seen in that direction.
Numbers around the grid shows the number of buildings seen from that direction.
Example:
2 A

A
2
B

B
2

B
1

A
2

A
1

B
1

B
3

C
1

B
2

1
C

B
3

2
A

1
B

B
1

C
3

B
4

3
C

Answer key: Enter the letter-number pairs in the second row from left to right. Use X for blank squares.
The answer key for the example would be: A1, B3, X

PUZZLE 06

(15 points penalty for a wrong answer) 110 points

Observer Battleships
There are four observers at the corners of the grid. They can see a ship if that ship is not blocked by any
other ship. Submarines are under the sea, so they dont block the sight of an observer. Observers are able
to see the already-located submarines (Grey squares) now. Find the positions of the 10-ship fleet in the
diagram. Ships dont touch each other, not even diagonally.
Example:

Answer key: Enter the contents of the fifth and sixth rows in order from left to right. Use 1 for the occupied
cells, and 0 for the blank cells. The answer key for the example would be: 000000, 001100
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PUZZLE 07

95 points

Digital Mess
All digits (0-9) have been used once to form a digital shape. Identify the location of each digit on this shape.
Digits may be rotated, but can not be reflected.
Example:

Answer key: Enter the contents of the third row of segments from left to right, using the digit representing
each segment. The answer key for the example would be: 002

PUZZLE 08

(15 points penalty for a wrong answer) 85 points

Cubic Loop
How many different ways are there to cover a cube with two different tiles so that there appears one closed
loop passing around all six faces of it? Cubes position is fixed, so two covers are different from each other
if they have at least one face different, considering the position of the straight line on it.
Two tiles:

Answer key: Enter the number of ways.

PUZZLE 09

175, 100, 50 points

Tripath
Start at the middle of the grid, paint some triangles black and find the longest path of triangles. Every triangle
in the path (except at the start and end) have two neighbours touching to its two different corners. Only the
top three answers will get points.
A 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
Example:

B
A
B
C

01
02

01
02

01
01

02
03
04
03
04
03
03

02
01

04
05
06
05
06
05
05

04
03
02
01

07
08

06
05

09
09

06
05

09
10

08
07

04

07
08

07
07

04
03
02

06

11
11
10
09

08
07

E
F
G

06

01
02

03
04

03
04

02
01

02
01

04
03

06
05

02
01

08
07

04
03
02

10
09

06
05
04

08
07
06

21
21

18
17

14
13

21
22

20
19

16
15

12
11
10

19
19

16
15

12
11

19
20
19
20

18
17

14
13

10
09
08

17
18

16
15

12
11

17
18
17
18

17
17

14
13

10
09

15
16

15
16

14
13

15
16

15
16

15
15

12
11

08
07

13
14

13
14

12
11

14
13
14

13
14

13
13

10
09

06
05

11
12

11
12

10
09

12
11
12

11
12

11
11

08
07

04
03

09
10

09
10

08
07

10
09
10

09
10

09
09

06
05

02
01

07
08

07
08

06
05

08
07
08

07
08

07
07

04
03

05
06

05
06

04
03

06
05
06

05
06

05
05

02
01

04
03
04

03
04

03
03

I
Length: 17 triangles.

01
02

01
02

01
01

02
01
02

23
23
22
21

20
19
18
17

16
15
14
13

12

Answer key: Enter the length of your path first. Then for each row, enter the numbers that are painted, from
left to right. The answer key for the example would be: 17: A010507, B010409, C030711, D040810, E01,
F01030507

PUZZLE 10

200 - (30xU) points

Thriftless
Black out 5 squares of the grid and cover the remaining area with squares of various sizes. Your score is
the minimum number of squares needed to cover this area. Maximize this score. Best answer will get 200
points. Other answers will get 30 points penalty for each value under the best answer (No negative points).
25 points bonus will be given to the competitors who give their score right.
Example with 2 squares:
AB CD E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

AB CD E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

A B C D E F G H I J K LMN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Answer key: Enter your score first. Then enter the coordinates of the 5 squares. The answer key for the
example would be: 16: D4, B7
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