Daily Brain Teasers for Monday, 09 March 2026
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Calculate the number 1405
NUMBERMANIA: Calculate the number 1405 using numbers [5, 9, 8, 5, 38, 429] and basic arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /). Each of the numbers can be used only once.
Find number abc
If bb1c8 + 3b2c1 = 11aa8c find number abc. Multiple solutions may exist.
Which is a winning combination of digits?
The computer chose a secret code (sequence of 4 digits from 1 to 6). Your goal is to find that code. Black circles indicate the number of hits on the right spot. White circles indicate the number of hits on the wrong spot.

Laying Turf
A painting contractor was speaking with a woman about a job. In the first room, she said she would like a pale blue. The contractor wrote this down and went to the window, opened it, and yelled out "GREEN SIDE UP!" In the second room, she told the painter she would like it painted in a soft yellow. He wrote this on his pad, walked to the window, opened it, and yelled "GREEN SIDE UP!" The lady was somewhat curious but she said nothing. In the third room, she said she would like it painted a warm rose color. The painter wrote this down, walked to the window, opened it and yelled "GREEN SIDE UP!" The lady then asked him, "Why do you keep yelling 'green side up'?"
"I'm sorry," came the reply.
"But I have a crew of blondes laying sod across the street."
Calculate the number 951
NUMBERMANIA: Calculate the number 951 using numbers [2, 2, 1, 7, 20, 978] and basic arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /). Each of the numbers can be used only once.
MailboxIn 1858, the first U.S. patent for a street mailbox was patented by Albert Potts of Philadelphia (No.19,578). It comprised a simple metal box designed to attach to a lamppost. By August, these boxes were found along the streets of Boston, Mass., and New York City, N.Y. His patent described the "object of this improvement is to afford greater facilities to the inhabitants of large cities for the depositing of letters, and to enable the carriers to collect, or the citizens to deposit therein, at any period of time." The boxes had a central hole for the shaft of a lamp post, lids covering the drop hole to exclude weather, a sight hole so a carrier could see if any letters had been deposited, and a small door secured with a lock for the carrier to empty the box. |
MAGIC SQUARE: Calculate A-B+C
The aim is to place the some numbers from the list (12, 14, 17, 19, 23, 28, 56, 58, 67, 68, 76) into the empty squares and squares marked with A, B an C. Sum of each row and column should be equal. All the numbers of the magic square must be different. Find values for A, B, and C. Solution is A-B+C.
Find number abc
If 5bcb5 + 18aaa = b6a08 find number abc. Multiple solutions may exist.
What a winning combination?
The computer chose a secret code (sequence of 4 digits from 1 to 6). Your goal is to find that code. Black circles indicate the number of hits on the right spot. White circles indicate the number of hits on the wrong spot.
Calculate the number 7961
NUMBERMANIA: Calculate the number 7961 using numbers [2, 6, 5, 2, 35, 987] and basic arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /). Each of the numbers can be used only once.
Find number abc
If 5a0ab + cbaca = 7ca4c find number abc. Multiple solutions may exist.
Find the right combination
The computer chose a secret code (sequence of 4 digits from 1 to 6). Your goal is to find that code. Black circles indicate the number of hits on the right spot. White circles indicate the number of hits on the wrong spot.