Comments on: Brain Game: Math Square #1

By: Lola

Lola — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:53:43 +0000

I’m a pompous ass so I’ll say thanks for the 2 seconds of fun!

By: Sandy Wood

Sandy Wood — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:36:11 +0000

Thanks, Christina – what a nice thing to say. You made my day too!

And KayTee? I fully understand your feelings regarding the comments. We have a very diverse audience, and any puzzle I compose is likely to be easy for some readers and hard for others, so “too easy” or “too hard” comments don’t tell me much. Your comment DID tell me a lot, though: that you had FUN. That makes it worthwhile, and I appreciate it very much.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:58:13 +0000

Whoohoo!! I followed my instincts and got it right on the first try (pure luck). Made me feel so smart that I was beaming sunshine all day. Yay!! :)

By: KayTee

KayTee — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:50:33 +0000

This was fun….you know what makes it not fun?

When I go to the comments and see people writing stuff like “way too easy, make it harder” or “pretty easy”.

Just say thanks if the only thing that comes to your mind is to brag about how smart you are.

By: Steve M

Steve M — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:23:58 +0000

If you like this puzzle then you might like Ken Ken puzzles.

By: Aaron Hansen

Aaron Hansen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:13:11 +0000

*too

By: Aaron Hansen

Aaron Hansen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:12:46 +0000

Way to easy. Make harder math puzzles.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:44:52 +0000

The third vertical column does not follow the algebraic rules.

Sure it does. When there are no parentheses to tell you differently, you do multiplications and/or divisions in order from left to right (or, in this case, from top to bottom). So, 6 / 2 x 5 -> 3 x 5 -> 15. Standard.

By: ED

ED — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:26:23 +0000

The third vertical column does not follow the algebraic rules.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:36 +0000

The algebraic rules did apply if you look at the second vertical column, but you could solve the puzzle without noticing that. It would make a huge difference if you looked at it as (a/b)+7 vs a/(b+7)