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Transum Mathematics Puzzles

Transum Mathematics Puzzles

100 Episodes • By John Tranter • www.transum.org/podcast
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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Transum Mathematics Puzzles
Transum Mathematics Puzzles
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One Hundred Puzzle
Can you make 100 from four sevens and a zero?
Mar 1 2023 12m
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Palindromic Numbers
Work out Mr Wheeler's average speed given the palind... more
Feb 1 2023 10m
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Six Three-Letter Words
Work out the teacher's favourite word from the state... more
Jan 1 2023 12m
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Coloured Ornaments
How many ornaments are on the tree and how many of e... more
Dec 1 2022 7m
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Same Probability
Why are the probabilities the same of picking two ba... more
Nov 1 2022 9m
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Settle Debts
What is the best way to settle the debts of the four... more
Oct 1 2022 8m
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Viral Maths
What is the correct result of the calculation that h... more
Sep 1 2022 21m
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Holiday Island Weather
Work out the length of my holiday from the clues abo... more
Aug 1 2022 8m
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Weighted Puzzle
What four weights would enable me to use the balance... more
Jul 1 2022 11m
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Alphabetical Numbers
Arange all the natural numbers in alphabetical order... more
Jun 1 2022 10m
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Strange Dice
Number the faces of the cubes to make strange dice w... more
May 1 2022 11m
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Leaving Transumvania
Find where the drone catches up with the ship given ... more
Apr 1 2022 7m
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Rolling Dice
Find a nice method to work out which number on the d... more
Mar 1 2022 10m
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Sisters Outnumber Brothers
Work out the total number of children in Rachel's fa... more
Feb 1 2022 13m
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Time and Calendars
How many times in a 24 hour period do all four digit... more
Jan 1 2022 10m
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Santa's Small Window
How do you increase the area of a window without cha... more
Dec 1 2021 8m
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How Much Richer?
A puzzle about the relative wealth of Maureen compar... more
Nov 1 2021 10m
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Factor Shopping
Find the prices of the items bought if they are diff... more
Oct 1 2021 11m
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Splitting ten for a big product
Which of the many ways of splitting ten gives the la... more
Sep 1 2021 10m
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Where's The Father?
What seems like a familiar puzzle has an unusual twi... more
Aug 1 2021 12m
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A Frobenius coin problem
What is the largest amount that cannot be made with ... more
Jul 1 2021 14m
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Bus Fare Premonition
How did the bus driver know how much to charge Mrs P... more
Jun 1 2021 14m
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A Half Mean Angle
Find angle A given that it is the half of the mean o... more
May 1 2021 14m
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Food Inflation
The cost of a meal increases by 4% to a whole number... more
Apr 1 2021 18m
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Chris and his Unpredictable Kids
A think of a number puzzle with an unpredictable ele... more
Mar 1 2021 11m
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