PUZZLING PRODUCTS

 

Mindbending Puzzles
21–30

 

 

 

21.  PLAY SCHOOL

Alfie was playing with some shapes at a nursery. Being a clever child he worked out what the next logical shape was. Can you?

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22. EXTRA TERRESTRIAL

Three symbols were sent to an alien spaceship to assess their powers of logic. What would
be the next symbol if the
aliens understood the
sequence correctly.

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23. POOL CUE

Paul has created a new version of pool in which all of the colored balls have to be potted twice in a particular order. The first nine are potted in the order shown here. What is the next ball to be potted?

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24. FLAG FEAT

In this sequence of naval flags what would be the fourth one to be raised?

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25. BUILDING BLOCKS

Oscar is two years old and is already showing signs of becoming a mathematical genius. He’s playing with his bricks and has laid them out in the pattern shown. He’s trying to find the missing brick in the sequence. Can you help him?

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26. CLASSROOM CONUNDRUM

Professor Pringle liked to keep his students on their toes. Every so often he would draw a puzzle on the blackboard for them to solve. Here’s one of them. Can you complete the sequence?

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27. OLYMPIC PARADE

At the opening ceremony of the Olympics, the countries began the parade in the order shown. Which came next?

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28. NUMBER CRUNCHING

From the illustration, the answer to the first question is 3. The answer to the second question is 7. Can you work out the answer to the third question?

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29. SHIFTY SEQUENCE

From this sequence can you work out what comes next?

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30. BLOCKS OF COLOR

These images follow a sequence. Can you see which comes next?

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