Puzzle 1
Starting with any number on the top row, make your way to the bottom, adding the numbers as you go.
Each time you must move to the next row, but you can move either straight down, or one place to the left or right.
What is the highest total you can make? What is the lowest?
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Puzzle 2
What four-digit number has Digit 1 three smaller than Digit 4, which is one more than Digit 2, which is twice Digit 3, which is one more than one third of Digit 4?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Puzzle 3
Below are five phrases that have been altered. Rearrange the words so that when they are read aloud they will sound very similar to the required phrase. For example "Ducks Sits Hound Fa Mill Ear" = "Does it sound familiar".
crows dose my off wind
cab chalk clicks fizz lie lye ox soft
a crowed fall jest lobe Rick oath yell
beef four heap luck Yule
dud rough wharf whorls
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Puzzle 4
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
ely rec ant htn fer ort
ent cer por sin lig ian
lio row use rar lib ive
tfo sca ing ing far eth
som dif est dig imp mho
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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