For the rest of this week, and maybe next, all new puzzles will appear in the forums here.

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We’ve been working hard on getting the Smartkit Forums ready. Come Monday, we’ll officially open them up. You’ll be able to:

• post some of your own puzzles
• play forum games
• pick the brains of other smartkit members

OK, here’s Thursday’s challenge. Can you figure it out?

Three students, each carrying an equal number of apples, were met by 9 teachers, who asked for some of them. Each student having given to each teacher the same number, it was then found they had all equal shares. How many had the students at first?

Will unmask submitted answers Monday morning, right before we make the forums live.

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Five photographers have entered a photography competition. Can you work out the subject of each photograph taken by each of the five, together with the make of the camera and the filter they used to take their shot?

1- The women don’t use F-stop cameras. The Focuswell fan used a polariser filter.

2- Colin takes still life shots, never with a Polariser or an F-stop camera.

3- Jodie took a picture of some birds using a sunset filter, while Marcus used a rainbow filter.

4- Jacqui used a soft focus filter. The F-stop user took a landscape photo; Jodie lovers her SlickShoot camera.

5- The Aperture camera was used to take the portrait photo.

It maybe be helpful to print out the grid and table above.

Use the 1st grid to help solve the puzzle. As you read through the clues, place a ‘Y’ (yes) or ‘N’ (no) in each box, depending on whether the intersecting elements are true or not.

You can use the bottom table to place your answers.

These types of logic puzzles are another great way to improve your thinking skills; If you’ve never solved one before, and would like some additional help, here are some detailed instructions you can read through.

Will unmask any submitted answers in a couple days, thanks.

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For this picture puzzle, there are 7 shapes that are used twice (object doubles). Can you find them?

Click on image above for high resolution version

(will unmask submitted answers in a day or 2, thanks)

Click here to try more picture puzzles.

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Something is not right with this picture. Can you figure it out?

[click on image to view in higher resolution]

Here are several earlier Find the Fault puzzles you can try.

Will unmask submitted answers Thursday, thanks.

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Example: What number becomes even by subtracting one? Answer: S-even

• What number, by adding one, becomes a sound?
• What number, by adding one, becomes isolated?
• What number, by inserting one, becomes finely ground meal?
• What number, by subtracting one, becomes a vegetable growth?
• What number, by subtracting one, becomes a preposition?
• What number, by subtracting one, becomes an interjection used to express disapproval?

How many of these can you figure out? Will unmask answers probably on Wednesday.

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Jake says to his buddy Chirag, "I’ll bet you 1/2 the money in my wallet on the toss of a penny- heads I win, tails I lose."

The penny was tossed and the money handed over. Jake repeated the offer again and again, each time betting 1/2 the money in his wallet. We are not told how long the game went on, or how many times the penny was tossed, but this we know: that the number of times that Chirag lost was exactly equal to the number of times that he won.

Now, did Jake gain or lose by this little venture? Or is it impossible to determine?

Feel free to enter your answer below; submissions will be unmasked Thursday.

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This just may be the mother of all hidden object puzzle cards-

This picture contains:

• A Bear, Buffalo, Camel, Giraffe, Seal, Swan, Squirrel, Cat, Fox, Pig, Rabbit, Parrot
• 2 Alligators
• 4 Birds
• 2 Beavers
• 2 Babies
• 2 Boys
• 5 Cows
• 2 Chickens
• 2 Deer
• 12 Dogs
• 3 Elephants
• 2 Ladies
• 3 Frogs
• 3 Fish
• 7 Faces
• 2 Goats
• 7 Horses
• 10 Letters
• 2 Mice
• 4 Men
• 2 Monkeys
• 2 Owls
• 8 Rats
• 3 Sheep
• 2 Turtles

Click on the picture above to view the high resolution version.

Since there’s so many things going on in this card, comments will continue to go live immediately

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Below, we’ve taken a relatively small section from a photo, and enlarged it.

What do you think the original object is?

This one is kind of tough, so comments will go live as they roll in…

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From these letters form one word:

D O N W O E R

if you can get this, feel free to enter your answer in comment section below. Submissions will show sometime this weekend.

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If you’ve never played Sudoku before, it really is fun- and simple. Rules: Put numbers in the squares so that 1-9 appear only once in each row, column, and 3×3 box.

The basic version of Smartkit Sudoku is free and can be played here.

The full version is $9.95 and can generate unlimited puzzles at 3 difficulty levels. There is a hint button and ‘Print’ ability so you can take & play your puzzles on the go. In addition to ‘pencil marks’, the full version has several additional nice features.

For short while, we’ll throw in our brand new PLEXUS puzzle ‘Medieval” when you purchase Smartkit Sudoku. (Click here to try our 1st PLEXUS puzzle- Olla Podrida).

Click here to try Smartkit Sudoku, and learn more about its features.

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What is the missing letter?

Puzzle concept by Forrest Franz

Answers can be entered below in ‘comment’ section, but won’t show for a day or 2 so as to not spoil the fun, thanks.

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Here’s a new interactive sliding block type puzzle. There’s actually 3 separate challenges.

Click on the image below to play.

If you can solve any of the 3, send me a screenshot and we’ll list your name in the comment section.

info (at) smart-kit.com

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Farmer Thomas sold a pair of cows for $210. On one he made 10%, and on the other he lost 10%- earning just 5% on his transaction. What did the cows originally cost him?

Think you have the right answer? Enter it as a ‘comment’ in the section below. Submissions will be unmasked in several days, thanks.

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Saw some comments show up recently on our first scale balance puzzle (hard!), which reminded me how long its been since we put one of these up. With that in mind:

How many triangles are need to balance scale 3?

feel free to submit your answers in the comment section below. Will unmask Thursday, thanks.

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