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A brain teaser challenge is a type of IQ test that mostly involves solving a puzzle, cracking a code, finding a hidden object ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means table top games quickly reappear ...

You and I go out to eat at a conveyer-belt sushi restaurant. It serves four types of sushi: ahi roll, Boston roll, caterpillar roll and dragon roll. We each have access to our own conveyer belt that ...

A Brain teaser is a type of puzzle, which is a short, playful puzzle designed to stretch your mind and make you smile. It ...

Math is not everyone’s favorite, understandably. Hours of math homework and difficult equations can make anyone sour on the subject. But when math problems are outside of a school setting, there’s no ...

A new math puzzle designed to challenge readers of all ages is coming to the Daily Press. David Genter, a puzzle developer ...

The inside of a bus may not seem like the ideal place to rekindle your interest in math, but a group of mathematicians is betting it will. Last month, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute of ...

OK, you’re pretty good at identifying the person in our weekly mystery photo contest. But how sharp are you at math puzzles? You can find out to the left. We present three puzzles that were provided ...