Puzzles to Improve Brain Power: 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Brain Workout: Variety Puzzles to Boost Your Memory and Brainpower

Brain Workout: Variety Puzzles to Boost Your Memory and Brainpower presents more than two hundred puzzles and mental tests that cover a variety of different themes, styles, and difficulty levels. This collection has been developed by author G. R. Roosta to stimulate and challenge the key components of the brain that control reasoning, language, logic, visual perception, attention, and flexibility. Brain Workout includes fun and challenging activities and mental exercises to help you get your brain in shape and keep it healthy. The puzzles included here are specifically designed to improve memory, attention, and speed, as well as the spatial, verbal, and numerical capabilities of your brain. Studies have shown that puzzles and mental exercises can improve brainpower by stimulating creativity and imagination, along with the analytical, rational, and logical areas of the brain. You can achieve great results with these puzzles by solving ten or more puzzles each day. Stimulate your mind and boost your brainpower through the mental gymnastics of the Brain Workout.

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Brain Workout: Variety Puzzles to Boost Your Memory and Brainpower

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Values of Q and T

If B + P + F = 24, what are the values of Q and T?

Hint: Consider whole numbers only.

A + B = Z
Z + P = T
T + A = F
F + S = Q
Q - T = 7

Answer:

Since A + B = Z and Z + P = T, it follows that A + B + P = T. We also
know that T + A = F, so adding the last two equations and simplifying,
we get 2A + B + P = F. We know that B + P + F = 24, so we have:
24 - B - P = F
2A + B + P = F
24 + 2A = 2F or 12 + A = F
We can replace F with T + A. The equation then becomes 12 + A = T +
A> so T = 12 and therefore Q = 19.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Decipher!

Decipher the encoded word in the bold sentence below using the letters of numbers on the phone pad!

Eat it as much as you can; your brain needs it!

Answer's Number To Decipher:
258323779

Answer:

Blueberry

Follows Number 4

Which of the figures at the bottom – A, B, C or D – follows number 4?

Answer:

D
They all rotate clockwise, first to the next vane, then missing one, then two and so on. 239BE441-

Shelves

Look at the following shelves very carefully:

Scroll down and do not refer to the above shelves!

Now, answer the following questions!

1. What shape is depicted inside the circle on the envelope?

2. How many items have arrows?

3. What is located at the right side of the girl?

4. What is the direction of the arrow on the movie reel?

Scroll down to see the answers!

Answer:

1. Heart

2. Five

3. A Coffee Cup

4. Down

Odd One Out

Which is the odd one out?

Answer:

B
The two strands should pass over and under each other alternately, as in the other examples.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Two Edged Words!

Which word can be joined on to the end of the first word and the beginning of the second word to form two new words?

Example:

man ? wink

Answer is hood.

man ? wink
man hood wink

The two new words are manhood and hoodwink.

Now try these puzzles:

1) ear ? ling

2) barn ? stick

3) cause ? lay

4) light ? fly

Answer:

1) nest (earnest and nestling)

2) yard (barnyard and yardstick)

3) way (causeway and waylay)

4) house (lighthouse and housefly)

A Two-Dimensional Word Scramble Puzzle

A Word Scramble is a word puzzle game that provides you a group of jumbled letters and wants you to unscramble them to make a real word. As an example, if you get the letters “TBES” you may unscramble them to detect the word “BEST” [Reference: G. R. Roosta, Word Scramble Puzzles, 2010 ASIN: B003A83WA4].

A Two-Dimensional Word Scramble puzzle has two steps. In the first step you solve a couple of regular word scramble puzzles and identify the original words and then in the second step you rearrange a given set of letters from these original words to discover the final word.

Here is a Two-Dimensional Word Scramble Puzzle:

There are seven 7-letter words as follows. Unscramble them and then take the middle letter of each word to make the final answer of this puzzle:

1. WEELYJR
2. YWDKOER
3. TSYMERY
4. OREOTSR
5. TEFNEBI
6. FIRLACY
7. SENSTFA
*

Answer:

1. jewelry
2. keyword
3. mystery
4. rooster
5. benefit
6. clarify
7. fatness

The middle letters of the above words:

ewtsern

By unscrambling ewtsern, we find the final answer as:

WESTERN

Circular Words

Each circle represents a word which can be spelled by starting at the appropriate letter and moving clockwise or counterclockwise around the circle. You should identify the words.

Example:

Circular Word 1

Circular Word 2

Circular Word 3

Answer:

1) ergometer
2) thrift
3) emblem

Word Jigsaw

Fit the pieces into the frame to form common words reading across and down. There is no need to rotate the pieces; they will fit as illustrated with each piece used only once!

Word Jigsaw - Frame

Word Jigsaw - Pieces

Answer:

Word Jigsaw - Answer

Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Martian Rub

This is a well-known logic puzzle in English: The Martian Rub

After his spaceship landed on Mars, astronaut Mark disembarked and approached the first Martian he saw.

"Am I headed for the geological dig?" he asked.

The Martian rubbed his stomach.

Astronaut Mark knew that Martians could understand some Earth-talk, but were not able to speak it; Mark, like so many Earthlings, could neither speak nor
understand Martian gestures. He didn't know whether rubbing the stomach meant yes or no. But by asking one additional question, Mark was able to find out.

What was that question?

The Martian and Astronaut Mark

Answer:

Astronaut Mark rubbed his stomach and asked, "Did you do this?"
Whatever the Martian did in reply would mean yes.

Domino Sudoku

Answer:

Detect the Different Picture

There are 10 pictures in the following list. Look at them for 2 minutes. This is list is followed by a list of the same pictures; however, one of its pictures is different; it has an extra object added into it. Then, you should review the second list to detect the picture that is different. Note that while you are on the second list, you should not return back to the first list.

List 1: Review this list of pictures for 2 minutes:

List 2: This list contains the same pictures; however, one of them has an extra object added into it. You should review this list to detect which one it is:

Answer:

The second one has an extra soccer ball!

Detect the Different Picture

List 2: This list contains the same pictures; however, one of them has an extra object added into it. You should review this list to detect which one it is:

Answer:

The second one has an extra soccer ball!