1. Dissection Dilemma
The two top figures show how each of two shapes can be divided into four parts, all exactly alike. Your task is to divide the blank square into five parts, all identical in size and shape. |
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2. Read the Hieroglyphics
The seven symbols shown below look like some kind of ancient writing. But there is a meaning for each symbol, and if you can puzzle them out, you should have no trouble drawing in the square the next symbol of this curious sequence.
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The symbols are the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, shown alongside their mirror reflections. The next symbol, therefore, is the double 8, as shown at the far right.
3. Big Cross-Out Swindle
Cross out nine letters in such a way that the remaining letters spell a single word.
NAISNIENLGELTETWEORRSD
Answer: If you cross out every other letter starting with N, the remaining letters spell A SINGLE WORD.
NAISNIENLGELTETWEORRSD
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4. Funny Fold
A sixth grader has cut a large capital letter from a sheet of paper and given it a single fold. It is easy to see that the letter could be an L, but that is not the letter he cut out. What letter is it?
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As the pictures below show, the folded letter is an upside-down and turned-over F.
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