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62 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What does this mathematical operator do?

The solution to this puzzle is one I came up with when working on this puzzle: What is the answer of this math puzzle? For two natural numbers a,b, can you figure ...
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REALLY important days in history

@Z. Dailey asks a mathematical puzzle Important days in history... and to come! with a series of dates in years 1973, 1978, 1983, 1992, 2005. My puzzle asks the question: What is the previous date in ...
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Found the key, but what to unlock?

Here's a series of text messages between me and my friend. Me: Couldn't use ebg13, so used ______ to hide my messages. Him: What? How is this possible??? Me: A big prime ______, what else did you ...
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What is a Freecell Word™?

This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Freecell Word™. Use the ...
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The highest poem

I am three, often a person, always a digit, and also witout. George POUST was his name. Manufactured by Ford between 1972 and 1976. YMCA was not my first team in my coaching career. Theory of ...
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What causes these signs to follow this relation?

Can you find why does the below relation hold true? Hint 1 Hint 2
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My drunken formula?

I know that today is an important day, but I can't remember why... All I have in my possession is this formula I wrote last night in my drunken stupor: You go here: $$B = 25 + \biggl(\frac{O}{...
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Connect The Wall-Words:

We have a group of 16 words here: ACIDITY TIME MICROSCOPE MARKS LIGHT SCALE CHEMISTRY CLAW REAL LEAD INTEREST BIOLOGY DUCK RADICAL ACADEMY LEAF Goal: Group these $16$ words into $4$ groups, each ...
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There are 49 cards here. Figure out what the seven facedown cards are and what position they're in

So here's the problem "There are 49 cards here. Can you figure out what the seven facedown cards are and what position they're in?" I have tried about everything in my math tool belt to try ...
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Is it possible to create a knot that is locked only when the rope is stretched?

Is it possible to create a knot that is stable/locked when the rope is stretched? When the tension is relived the knot should open.
7 votes
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Open the French safe

While walking in a small alley in Paris, you come across a safe. The number pad looks like this : There are things on the back of the safe too : "À l'aide du carré 3x3 ci-dessous et des nombres ...
6 votes
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What is a Sharp Number™?

This puzzle is based off and inspired by the What is a Word™ and What is a Phrase™ series started by JLee and their spin-off What is a Number™ series. This was originally going to be a challenge for ...
6 votes
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Rare but Abundant in Hill and Hole

I am uncommon, But a worthy goal. Rare but abundant In hill and hole. Who am I? You may already know the answer, so the task is not to answer the riddle per se, but to solve the following 'What is a ...
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How many items are there in the lab?

I am looking for how to complete the following question so that it gives a unique solution. Maybe somebody can give a visual solution. A lab contains experimental equipment. 24 items are ready to use ...
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What are the red, white, blue (and green) numbers?

Some numbers have been partitioned into $4$ groups. You must figure out how the numbers in each group are related, and what separates the groups. Red: $1, 3, 4, 9, 13, 14, 15, 19$ White: $5, 7, 10, 12,...

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