Optical illusions and audio illusions have no place in reality, neither do logical illusions even though they are used a lot in math proofs.
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You can get to all 72 other Micro Softies and their answers from here. Test your wits against the engineers!
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Sally tells her landlord she will give him one gold bead every day during the 30-day month.
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To show off my electrician skills, this week’s Micro Softy is about the light switch on your stairs.
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Fritz goes in the first day and sees one of the seven switches down and the rest up. He dutifully flips one of the switches.
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Problem: If we get one more prisoner, we have to start doubling up cells which is no good.
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The other two switches turn outside lights off and on. Wide Clyde can’t see outside, so he can’t determine which switches control the lights.
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Choose any three-digit number, say 567, and repeat it: 567,567. Divide it by the prime numbers 13, then 11 and then 7.
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Two fathers and their two sons walked into the Bass Pro Shop in Memphis, Tennessee. Each man bought an AK47 rifle with ammunition and a 75-round drum magazine
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A few days later, a second note was received. It read: “In the BAA [now the NBA] finals, the Baltimore Bullets will defeat the Philadelphia Warriors to win the 1948 World Championship in Basketball.”
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The western scale is based on natural acoustic harmonics from the physics of vibrating strings and resonant acoustics from sound columns.
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To solve Microsofty 59, recall that direction of air flow is due to pressure — not size. Which tire is under more pressure?
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The solution to last week’s puzzle is to ask whether the way each of the relationships is created makes any difference.
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We are reversing our usual order and giving the answer to #57 first. Ben could have one of two possible family relationships to me.
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Part of the trick to solving Monday Microsofty 56 is to decide whether or not to give it a high five.
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To solve last week’s puzzle, you don’t need to know the distance. Check the problem again for the number you do need to know.
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Today’s Micro Softy tests whether you are clever enough with math to code computers or be an engineer. Here’s the story: Senator Kornn did not like Governor Friar. Both were from Texas. When Kornn learned that Governor Friar was visiting Washington, DC, Kornn said “This town’s not big enough for the both of us.” So Kornn decided to leave DC for that period. Kornn and Friar get on planes at the same time. One was at Reagan International Airport in DC and the other was at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Airport. So each was flying to the other’s airport. Both planes took off at the same time. After a while, Kornn looked out of his first-class window and saw Read More ›
There are actually two possible solutions to last week’s puzzle, depending on how you interpret the pattern of the arithmetic.
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Last week’s puzzle is easy to solve if we recall how many parents a child needs and of what type…
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To solve Microsofty 50, about cutting a loaf of cornbread into eight pieces by making three slices, try thinking in three dimensions.
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