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Monday's ^gentle^ brain teaser, it will leave you ^square eyed^. ??????

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 08:11:22
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Good morning virtual pupils, here is today's problem. No I don't mean those troublemakers, Gilly and Doodle! wink.
Many years ago, I had to lie flat for a couple of hours, whilst having a full body scan done. I passed the time, counting how many squares were on the ceiling. ?
The difficulty is that four square ceiling tiles together make one large square, so I kept losing count. The radiographer thought I was mad.
That was a hint to the solution, by the way. wink

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Emma49 Mon 06-Apr-20 10:48:15

33

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henetha Mon 06-Apr-20 12:01:16

Is it 31? I'm useless at this sort of thing

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 12:08:49

Nobody is useless, Henetha. Once you have done a few, you start to get the hang of the tricky bits. Keep trying. smile

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henetha Mon 06-Apr-20 12:11:24

Thanks Marydoll, that is kind of you smile

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 12:13:03
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Using only addition, how can you use eight eights to get the number 1,000?

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tiredoldwoman Mon 06-Apr-20 12:13:07

31

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trisher Mon 06-Apr-20 12:21:03

36

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HAZBEEN Mon 06-Apr-20 12:21:56

1. 32
2. 888+88+8+8+8=1000

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Pantglas2 Mon 06-Apr-20 12:27:18

888
+88
+08
+08
+08

=1000

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willa45 Mon 06-Apr-20 12:52:25

Up bright and early today.......which should be past your lunchtime by now. I counted 40 and it's not even 8 am here, so go easy on me.

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 13:05:47

Not had lunch yet, too busy wasting spending time on GN?

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Busybees Mon 06-Apr-20 13:06:00

23 I think.

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Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 13:11:16

Miss Doll sorry the dog ate my homework. The bus didn’t arrive and I had to walk all the way here. I was up late studying for today’s quiz so didn’t get to sleep till late.
Time for lunch did you say. Ok, I will have lunch then attack both puzzles.
It’s not me Miss it’s that gilly she keeps leading me astray.?

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 13:21:30

I wondered where you were, Doodle. We missed your antics contribution. ?
No show without Punch.

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varian Mon 06-Apr-20 13:32:24

10 squares. many more rectantgles

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mumu54 Mon 06-Apr-20 13:37:00

36

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 13:44:26

There are no rectangles, apart from when you make a column of squares. That was stated earlier on.
It is how it appears on some devices, the squares appear stretched.They are perfect squares on my PC.
There is nothing I can do about the apparent distortion. Sorry! ☹

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Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 14:17:34

Miss says they are all squares. Pay attention class.
(Doodle being goody two shoes ?)

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Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 14:19:23

I make it 36 squares.

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Nannytopsy Mon 06-Apr-20 14:20:28

34?

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Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 14:23:19

Wot hazbeen and pantglas said. Not cheating Miss! ?

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HAZBEEN Mon 06-Apr-20 15:27:30

Miss Doodle is looking at my work! Not snitching honest!

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 15:40:17

MissDoll, takes a deep breath and counts to ten.

Doodle and Hazbeen, you are on toilet cleaning duties. The cleaners are all off sick!
BTW, it's the boy's toilets! ?

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FarNorth Mon 06-Apr-20 15:41:58

Well done, Pantglas2, you got the same as me for the 8's puzzle. smile

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boat Mon 06-Apr-20 15:45:11

10 squares?

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