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New Scientist Enigma

Weekly maths puzzles from New Scientist, posted and solved here. 418 enigmas tracked, with the magazine’s answer appearing about six weeks after each question is set.

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418

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418 enigmas · Page 15 of 17

1430
Doubt And Fury Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 13
1429
French Powers Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1428
Foursight Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1427
Equal Lengths Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 2
1426
Small Cubes Keith Austin Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1425
Spell Check Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1424
Aussie Rules Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1423
Around The Tree Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1422
Incentive Keith Austin Answered and confirmed
Answered 2
1421
Vicious Circle Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1420
aÂ² + bÂ² + cÂ² Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1419
Lying About My Age Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 2
1418
Non-scoring Runners Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1417
Magic Circle Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1416
Filling The Squares Keith Austin Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1415
Add And Take Away Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1414
World Series Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1413
Rising Star Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1412
Any Amount Albert Haddad Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1411
Group Stages Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1410
Not Fair Bob Walker Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1409
On Target Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1408
Consecutive Digits Richard England Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1407
Fun In The Sun Alan Hewson Answered and confirmed
Answered 1
1406
What A Turn Up! Susan Denham Answered and confirmed
Answered 1

418 enigmas · Page 15 of 17