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New Scientist Enigma

Weekly maths puzzles from New Scientist, posted and solved here. 429 enigmas tracked, with the magazine’s answer appearing about six weeks after each question is set.

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429

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429 enigmas · Page 11 of 18

1530
Tom Daley Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 9
1529
Square Corbel Adrian Somerfield Answered and confirmed
Answered 14
1528
Ad Hoctagon Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 3
1527
Square From Primes Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 7
1526
Degrees Of Error Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 6
1525
Hark The Herald Angels Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 20
1524
Prime Furniture Adrian Somerfield Answered and confirmed
Answered 9
1523
Dicey Numbers Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 15
1522
Real In The Lead Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 8
1521
Boat Scenes Gwyn Owen Answered and confirmed
Answered 16
1520
Just Pondering Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 28
1519
Dominotrix Adrian Somerfield Answered and confirmed
Answered 15
1518
Sets Of Squares Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 37
1517
Just Forgotten Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 25
1516
A Colourful Turn Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 29
1515
Relative Sizes Albert Haddad Answered and confirmed
Answered 14
1514
Six A-Leaping Adrian Somerfield Answered and confirmed
Answered 27
1513
Two Polygons Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 19
1512
All Square Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 4
1511
Way Out Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 8
1510
Triangular Threesome Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 12
1509
A Question Of Symmetry Adrian Somerfield Answered and confirmed
Answered 9
1508
Low Numbers Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 22
1507
Equal Chance Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 12
1506
2008 China Games Albert Haddad Answered and confirmed
Answered 4

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