Alex Bello’s bi-weekly puzzle column at The Guardian wrote about Masyu puzzles.
More about these puzzles:
* https://krazydad.com/masyu/ – Krazy Dad has hundreds of puzzles/
* https://www.kakuro-online.com/masyu/ – contains both puzzles, a generator and a solver
In 1967 the Russian scientist M.M. Bongard published a book containing 100 problems. Each problem consists of 12 small boxes: six boxes on the left and six on the right. Each of the six boxes on the left conforms to a certain rule. Each box on the right contradicts this rule. Your task, of course, is to figure out the rule.
1)Bongard problem letters 1*/*****
2)Bongard problem letters 2**/*****
Though I’m in the midst of a series Bongard problems on Dates and times, I throw in a couple on letters just for a change.
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Happy puzzling!
Some of you may know the problem to make all the numbers from 1 to 20 with four fours.
I wrote about it here. It may come as a surprise to you that it is possible to make all the numbers from 0 to 100.
Today’s problem is to make all numbers from 0 to 20 using exactly five fives. For example:
(5*5 – 5*5) / 5 = 0
You can find my solutions here.
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