Starting with a square piece of sheet metal they lop off ... A = 42297.5667 Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired ...

If you're a fan of these quirky puzzles, we’ve got a fresh one that has recently caught the attention of the internet. A new maths brain teaser shared on X has puzzled users.(X/@brainyquiz ...

SEE ALSO: A math problem for 14-year-olds is stumping the world The question shows a circular puzzle with five numbers in it. There are four corresponding blanks that are meant to be filled in ...

A seemingly easy math puzzle making the rounds on the internet may not be all that it seems as the simple solution requires somewhat complex thinking. The brain-teaser, which has gone viral on X ...

Smith has two children. At least one of them is a boy. What is the probability that the other child is a boy? Jones has two children. The older one is a girl. What is the probability that the ...

In honor of April Fools’ Day, I offer the puzzling case of the Lesser Fool. In a fictional town, there lived an odd wanderer. People would present him with two amounts of money or goods and ask ...

Play this puzzle to see how far the machines have to go. By Dylan Freedman and Cade Metz Produced by Juliana Castro Varón and Umi Syam In 2019, an A.I. researcher, François Chollet, designed a ...

A math puzzle is a type of brain teaser that tests the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem. These challenges have the potential to boost ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify how University of Colorado researchers handle their data collection. A student digs into a math problem that references his favorite superhero ...

A carpenter, working with a buzz saw, wishes to cut a wooden cube, three inches on a side, into 27 one-inch cubes. This can be easily done by making six cuts through the cube, keeping the pieces ...