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Puzzle 58
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 59
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 find the 10 words?
tin som mea and all ple
sca eth ile rbr man ssl
pol rec hai yes gra wat
ing ter ice eap erf ate
nwh pin obs ush row day
Puzzle 60
Can you fill the thermometers with mercury, such that the numbers outside the grid indicate how many cells in each row and column contain mercury?
Mercury always starts filling from the bottom of a thermometer and not every thermometer has to contain mercury.
Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter
