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Brain Games: Try These 3 Puzzles

BRAIN GAMES

Puzzles

BY STANLEY NEWMAN

Illustration of mathematical signs on puzzle pieces

number fun

ALL FOR ONE

Place each of the mathematical signs +, -, × and ÷ exactly once in the four spaces so that the result is 1 when you perform calculations from left to right. (Ignore the order of operations you may have learned in school.)

Illustration of the letters C, H, and R on a stage in front of a microphone

think!

SPELLING TEST

Only one common uncapitalized word in English contains the consecutive letters HCR. What is it?

Illustration of piano keys with letters on them

wordplay

NOTED NOUNS

The word FEEDBAG is spelled using only the names of musical notes from A through G. What two other common seven-letter nouns, one edible and the other totable, are spelled with musical notes?

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PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

ALL FOR ONE 6 × 6 + 6 ÷ 6 - 6 = 1 or 6 - 6 × 6 + 6 ÷ 6 = 1.

SPELLING TEST WITCHCRAFT

NOTED NOUNS CABBAGE and BAGGAGE

Illustrations by Kyle Hilton.

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