Puzzles and Problems

There are over 75 pages of puzzles and problems to be found on Math Lair:

• Alphametics
• Baseball Cards
• The Baseball Diamond
• Berries
• Bookworm Puzzle
• A Christmas Dinner and Some Knotty Problems
• The Digital Clock
• The Disadvantages of Being Absent-minded
• Dissection Puzzles
• Eight Queens Puzzle
• Einstein's Riddle
• Encircling the Earth
• The Expanding Bridge
• Four 4s Puzzle
• Hole In One
• How Many Days 'Til Christmas?
• How Much for a Turkey?
• How Much Profit?
• The Hymn Board
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #2
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #3
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #4
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #5
• Liar Puzzles
• Lie Detection Puzzles
• Metapuzzles
• Miscellaneous Puzzles
• Miscellaneous Puzzles 2
• The Missing Dollar
• Monty Hall Problem
• Multiple Choice Quiz
• One Dollar Words Problems
• The Painted Cube
• Phone Equations
• Pigeonhole Principle Problems
• Pillow-Problems by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (34 problems in total)
• Riddles
• Rockets Candy
• St. Ives Riddle
• The Spider and the Fly
• Trading Post Puzzle
• The Two Hourglasses
• The Wandering Monk
• Water Jug Problem
• The Well in the Field
• Word Problems

And, of course, there are answer pages:

• Answers
• Baseball Cards Answers
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles Answers
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #2 Answers
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #3 Answers
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #4 Answers
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #5 Answers
• One-Dollar Words Answers
• Answers to Pigeonhole Principle Problems
• Answers to Rockets Questions

And some hints:

• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #1 Hints
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #2 Hints
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #3 Hints
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #4 Hints
• Lateral Thinking Puzzles #5 Hints

To build your skills in solving puzzles and problems, you may also be interested in reading about problem solving, heuristics, and lateral thinking.

There are also several mathematics- and logic-related games on our sister site, All Fun and Games. Check out the Number Puzzles and Games, the Sudoku section, and the Brain Workout Puzzles.