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Relation Between The Year And The Day
Today is January 22, the 22nd day of the year 2024.
I chose today because 22 is my favorite number.
Now for the problem. Try to relate 22 to 2024 using math.
For example, 58 is related to 271 because ...
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An optimal puzzle (unit)
Given the image below, which of the options, A-E, should replace the question mark? Explain your reasoning.
Hint 1
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#TenderfootSpiral
Clues:
Two hikers on an incline arrow with numbers.
Hiker 1 says: 38.548493. Hiker 2 says: -105.998749.
Sequence: Hiker 17711 Hiker 0 377 0 144 1 10946 233 987 0 2584 6765 75025
Hiker = ...
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Elapsed International Power
Clues: [contextual images] [beefcake horse] [beefcake horse reversed with 261] [x10]
Instructions: Name That Movie
_ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
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Tħε Wεαk αlpħα - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues: [character image]
[In text bubble: #1/2, #2, #4]
[all raised to the -1 power]
Instructions: Name That Number
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Am but not equal
I am myself, but I am not equal to myself. What am I?
Hint:
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Mathematics of Names
If
THOMAS X ABRAHAM = ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER X THOMAS = ANDREW
ANDREW X ABRAHAM = BENJAMIN
BENJAMIN / THOMAS = ?
Choose from 1 ABRAHAM 2 ANDREW 3 ULYSSES 4 GEORGE
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Lowest possible ratio of number of borders to countries annexable
There's been a recent trend on Reddit of finding how many countries can be colored in by:
Coloring nation a.
Coloring b nations, those touching a's borders.
Coloring c nations, those touching b's ...
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Digit and (Digit) are different!
A, B, C and D are four different single digit numbers.
It is given that:
A + B = D
A - B = C
It is also given that:
A × B = (B)
C × CD = (D)
Questions:
Decode why B and D are enclosed in brackets.
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The Police Took a Wonderful Taxi to Oz
Clues: [contextual images]
T [scissors] [hand shape] ?
[cylindrical contoured container]
$\sqrt{(m_{_0}c²) ² + (pc) ²}$
Instructions:
Name That Duo
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The Music Grunniens V2 [duplicate]
Clues: [music notes]
Instructions: Name That Actor
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Flipped Einsteins in the Einstein Tiling
The single-tile aperiodic tiling by Goodman-Strauss, Kaplan, Myers and Smith has been all the rage recently:
In this tiling a minority of tiles, coloured purple above, are flipped with respect to the ...
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Pingala the Pirate
Pingala the Pirate was well known for many things, most notably the urban legend that he had hidden an enormous haul of riches, but also his poor memory, and his clumsiness. He lost a toe on each foot ...
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World War MMV - Enigmatic Puzzle
Image transcript:
Clues:
+----+ ' +-------+ +--------+ +-------+ +-------+
| 2H | | 36090 | | 146365 | g | 22055 | | 14035 |
+----+ +-------+ +--------+ +-------+ +-------+
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