Comments on: Brain Game: It’s a Date!

By: Sophy

Sophy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:13:00 +0000

The correct answer should be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on one cube and 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 on the other one. The cubes should be moveable if you can put the 6 upside down to make a 9. Plus 00 doesn’t exist.

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:36:00 +0000

There are ten solutions. The only requirement is that both cubes must have 0, 1 and 2.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7

0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
0, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8

0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7
0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8

0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8
0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7

0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8

0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7

0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8
0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:25:00 +0000

@A – you do need to have a “0″ on both cubes. Otherwise you cannot make have of the digits between the first of the month and the 9th.

Recaptcha – play publish – is my recaptcha trying to tell me something, Hmmmm.

By: A

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Since you’ll never have a day that is “00″, you only need 1 “0″ side, so another option is

0,1,2,3,4,5
1,2,6,7,8,9

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:48:00 +0000

SlackJack’s absolutely correct; the 7/8 and 4/5 can be swapped between the two cubes. But one cube has to have 0, 1, 2, and 3… the other cube has to have 0, 1, 2, and 6 (or 9).

By: mark

mark — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Also, depending on how the digits were written, a typical digital style 2 turned upside down could be a 5.

By: SlackJack

SlackJack — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:56:00 +0000

There’s more than 1 possible solution -
0,1,2,3,7,8
0,1,2,4,5,6