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Hard Math Puzzles

This document contains several math puzzles with solutions. The first puzzle asks how many triangles are in a diagram, which is solved as 35 triangles. Another puzzle involves using two isosceles triangles to make a star. A third puzzle asks what number should replace a question mark in a sequence of multiplying numbers by 8.

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Hard Math Puzzles

This document contains several math puzzles with solutions. The first puzzle asks how many triangles are in a diagram, which is solved as 35 triangles. Another puzzle involves using two isosceles triangles to make a star. A third puzzle asks what number should replace a question mark in a sequence of multiplying numbers by 8.

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Hard Math Puzzles #10 - Beneficiary Maths Puzzle

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Population of the pagalpur village is 500.
Its a very poor village so sahara group organized a beneficiary cricket match for these
people.
The event raised Rs300000.
Tickets were priced as follows:
Rs 748 for males
Rs 712 for ladies
Rs 45 for kids
How many males,ladies and kids were there ?
Solution:
149 males , 259 ladies & 92 kids
Hard Math Puzzles #6 - Very Hard Maths Riddle
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Can you find the smallest positive number such that if you shuffle the digits of the
number in a particular order, the shuffled number becomes twice the original number.
View Answer Work Space Discuss
Answer & Explanation
Solution:
125874 => 251748
251748 is twice the 125874 and have same digits 1,2,4,5,7 & 8
Hard Math Puzzles #17 - Find This Number
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Let's play a game. I have all the ten digits of numbers available. I use all the digits just
once to create a number of ten digits. Can you find out what number I have in mind
using the following clues?
One digit is divisible by 1.
Two digits are divisible by 2.
Three digits are divisible by 3.
Four digits are divisible by 4.
Five digits are divisible by 5.
Six digits are divisible by 6.
Seven digits are divisible by 7.
Eight digits are divisible by 8.
Nine digits are divisible by 9.
Ten digits are divisible by 10.

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Answer & Explanation
Solution:
3816547290
Hard Math Puzzles #19 - Hard Probability Problem
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There is no electricity in your home. You have to wear socks. You trace the drawer and
find out that there are four socks in your drawer. The socks can be either black or white.
You take out two of the socks from the drawer. Now the probability that the two socks
are black is 1/2.
Can you calculate the probability of taking out a pair of white socks from the drawer?
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Answer & Explanation
Solution:
The chances that the pair you take out is a white pair is zero.
Just analyze the statement carefully. If there are two colored socks in a drawer, there
can be three chances if you take out a pair. It can be either black socks or white socks
or a mixed of two. But as per the statement the chances of taking out a black pair of
socks is 1/2. Therefore, only two chances exist. We do know that there is a mix of white
and black socks in the drawer and thus the second chance has to be a mixture of them
both. This is the reason why we can deduce that there are three black socks in the
drawer and just one white sock. Thus the probability of taking out two white socks will
be zero.
Hard Math Puzzles #20 - Very Hard Math Question
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There stand nine temples in a row in a holy place. All the nine temples have 100 steps
climb. A fellow devotee comes to visit the temples. He drops a Re. 1 coin while climbing
each of the 100 steps up. Then he offers half of the money he has in his pocket to the
god. After that, he again drops Re. 1 coin while climbing down each of the 100 steps of
the temple.
If he repeats the same process at each temple, he is left with no money after climbing
down the ninth temple. Can you find out the total money he had with him initially?
View Answer Work Space Discuss
Answer & Explanation
Solution:
146900
Explanation:
Whenever you face such type of questions, it is wise to begin from the last thing. Here
in this question the last thing will be the 9th temple. He climbed down 100 steps and
thus you know, he had Rs. 100 before beginning climbing down. Thus, he must have

offered Rs. 100 to the god in that temple too (he offered half of the total amount). Also,
he must have dropped Rs. 100 while climbing the steps of the ninth temple. This means
that he had Rs. 300 before he begand climbing the steps of the ninth temple.
Now, we will calculate in the similar manner for each of the temples backwards.
Before the devotee climbed the eight temple: (300+100)*2 + 100 = 900
Before the devotee climbed the seventh temple: (900+100)*2 + 100 = 2100
Before the devotee climbed the Sixth temple: (2100+100)*2 + 100 = 4300
Before the devotee climbed the fifth temple: (4300+100)*2 + 100 = 8900
Before the devotee climbed the fourth temple: (8900+100)*2 + 100 = 18100
Before the devotee climbed the third temple: (18100+100)*2 + 100 = 36,500
Before the devotee climbed the second temple: (36500+100)*2 + 100 = 73300
Before the devotee climbed the first temple: (73300+100)*2 + 100 = 146900
Therefore, the devotee had Rs. 146900 with him initially.
Hard Math Puzzles #26 - Escape Room Maths Riddle
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There are four people in a house. A fireman, an athlete, an old woman and a drunk guy.
The house catches fire and before the fact is known, it is too late. All they know is that
the entire house is in flames and it will collapse exactly after twelve minutes. Now they
can move out of the house but for that, they will have to pass the hallway which is
entirely blazing with flames. Thus to move, one must carry a fire extinguisher to keep
the flames away. Seeking the burnt wooden floor, only two person can run through that
hallway at one time. But for others to go, one must return back with the fire
extinguisher.The fireman, is trained for such tasks and can run through the hallway in a
minute. The athlete can make it in a couple of minutes. The old woman can run slowly
and will cover the hallway in four minutes. The drunk guy will take five minutes to run
through it. If all of them can make it through the hallway in twelve minutes, all of them
will be saved. When two move together, they will run with the speed of the slower one.
How will all four of them manage to run to safety?
View Answer Work Space Discuss
Answer & Explanation
Solution:
* First, the fireman and the athlete will go spending two minutes.
* The fireman will come back taking one minute.
* The drunk guy and the old lady will go spending five minutes.
* The athlete will come back taking two minutes.
* The athlete and fireman will go spending two minutes.
Two + One + Five + Two + Two = Twelve.
Thus all of them will be out of the house before it collapses.
Puzzle #2:

Use the two isosceles triangles below to make a star?

Puzzle #2 solution:

What number should replace the question mark?

Answer
Ans: 0.
Sol.
Looking at lines of numbers from the top : 98 = 72;
728 = 576; 5768 = 4608;

Which does not belong in this sequence?

Answer

Ans: B.
Sol.
In the others the long hand moves 45 clockwise and
the short hand moves 90 clockwise.

What goes into the empty square?

Answer

Ans: 16.
Sol.
Each number in the bottom rows is the sum of the number
above it and the previous number.

What is X?

Answer

Ans: 41/2 or 4.5


Sol.
In each quarter halve each total of the rings up to and
including the centre.
Thus, in the bottom left quarter :
24 plus 12 = 36, 11 plus 7 = 18, 6 plus 3 = 9.
Therefore x = 41/2 or 4.5.

What are A, B, C, and D?

Answer

Ans: A is 4; B is 20; C is 5; D is 2.
Sol.
Add the numbers from top to bottom diagonally to the left
of the bottom line for the first three positions on the bottom
line, and to the right for the next three positions.

Maths Picture Puzzles With Answers 1 : Count Triangles In Diagram Problem


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How many triangles are there in the diagram below ?

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Answer & Explanation

Solution:
35

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