There are three daily puzzles, which
change every day of the month.
The first will
require you to revisit this page on other days of the week in order to discover
what each day's number is!
The second daily puzzle is
taken from a book by "the puzzle king" Henry Ernest Dudeney called 536
Puzzles and Curious Problems, Souvenir Press 1968. See the MathsNet
recommended books page. Dudeney (the
name is pronounced to rhyme with "scrutiny") was born in Sussex, England in
1857. His father, John Dudeney, a shepherd, had taught himself mathematics,
whilst tending his sheep on the downs above Lewes, 50 miles south of London. A
self-taught mathematician also, Henry never went to college. His first book
The Canterbury Puzzles was published in 1907. Others followed at
intervals until his death in 1930.
The third daily puzzle is
courtesy of MathsMed.
Visit the website for solutions.
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