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Transum Mathematics Puzzles
by John Tranter
This Transum podcast features a puzzle of the month as well as information about everything new on Transum Mathematics. Look for the latest episode of the podcast in the iTunes Store
Episodes
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Boxes of Tricks and Treats
Work out which box contains the treats given the ratio of tricks sold.
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Long way to Tipperary
What is the fairest way to share the taxi fare with Mr Pernickety?
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Master of the House
How old are the Thénardiers given the clues about their ages?
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Mrs Brambleshaw's Apples
How many young Pickles were there if they all received the same amount of fruit?
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Solvitude Festival
Help Madam Mushnik distribute the coins so that the three festival rules are obeyed.
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Knights of the Circular Table
Where should the 5 knights sit around King Arthur's round table.
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Quazmere Quadrant
Green Glades and Orange Orchards. Find a radius in the parts of circles.
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A Penguin and a Crab
What time did the Penguin's waddling and Crab's scuttling begin?
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Badges for the Cods
How much do Mr and Mrs Cod pay for badges for their children?
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New Year Fence Painting
When in the year will I require the most paint according to my fence painting routine?
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Holly and Mistle
How quickly can each of Santa's elves fill the sack with presents?
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Rock, Paper, Scissors
A competition between three players, two at a time. Who won the second game?
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Going to Saint Bees
What is the remainder when the number of eggs in the St Bees trees has been divided by six?
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Farmers A and B
How many cows did Farmer A own if, when he sells them, he receives the same amount of money as Farmer B?
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A Really Mean Number
What number equals the mean of its digits?
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Rectangle in Triangle
What is the area of the rectangle drawn inside the right-angled triangle?
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Jigsaw Puzzle
Find out how many pieces of the puzzle have no straight sides
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Speakers with Blue Teeth
If pounds change places with pence can you calculate the cost of a speaker?
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The Price of Easter Eggs
The cost of Easter eggs came down by 30p per dozen. How many did I buy?
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Sharing Trophies
How can Miss Adgood share her trophies between her three younger brothers?
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Triangles in Hexagons
How many different asymmetrical triangles can be drawn by joining three of the vertices of a regular hexagon?
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Teaching the Wrong Class
Will the last teacher out of the staffroom teach their timetabled class?
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Prancer's Walk
How far did Prancer walk while Santa was delivering presents to Tran Towers?
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Planets Orbiting Vesperion
How many moons does Nymeria have given some mean clues?
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Pumpkin Price Puzzle
What was the mean number of pumpkins that could be bought for £20?
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Winter Draws On
What fraction of the group wore all three items: hats, scarves, and gloves?
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Three Numbers, Four Clues
Given information about the mean, median and range, figure out what the three numbers are.
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Pirate Pearl's Treasure
Can you figure out how many stones of each colour there are in the pirate's cove?
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Twice the Wig
A judge is twice as old as her wig was when she was as old as her wig is now.
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Maths Equipment
What percentage of the class brought all the required maths equipment to the lesson?
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What is the letter D worth?
From the clues about A, B and C can you work out the value of D?
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Easter Egg Evaluation
What is the largest number of eggs that cannot be purchased using a combination of the given basket sizes?
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Leap Year February
What birthday did Attika celebrate in the last leap year of the last century?
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Justin's New Year's Resolution
How many days in January will Justin be able to go for a jog?
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Mean Spending On Christmas Presents
Work out the cost of the most expensive gift given the mean cost and other clues.
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End of Squares and Cubes
How many positive two-digit numbers are there whose square and cube both end in the same digit?
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Whopping Million
Find two whole numbers, not containing zeros, that when multiplied, give a million.
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Divided Dartboard
A dartboard splits in two. One piece's numbers sum to twice the other's. Where's the break?
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Calamity Cousins
Work out the range of the ages of the cousins given the average clues.
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Sum-What?
If x and y are positive integers, what is the sum of x and y?
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Indices are powerful exponents!
x squared equals sixteen to the power of x. Find the value of x.
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Letters in a Sentence
Write a number in words in the gap in the sentence that will make the statement true.
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Cupcakes and Easter Eggs
Work out how many children there were eating cupcakes from the given clues.
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One Hundred Puzzle
Can you make 100 from four sevens and a zero?
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Palindromic Numbers
Work out Mr Wheeler's average speed given the palindromic numbers seen on his odometer.
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Six Three-Letter Words
Work out the teacher's favourite word from the statements made by the clever students.
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Coloured Ornaments
How many ornaments are on the tree and how many of each colour are there?
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Same Probability
Why are the probabilities the same of picking two balls with an odd sum from two different pots?
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Settle Debts
What is the best way to settle the debts of the four friends?
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Viral Maths
What is the correct result of the calculation that has become a viral talking point on the internet?
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This Transum podcast features a puzzle of the month as well as information about everything new on Transum Mathematics. Look for the latest episode of the podcast in the iTunes Store
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John Tranter
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