Sunday, November 9, 2014

Compilation of Logic/Math/Probability Puzzles


  • The Pirate Game (five pirates splitting 100 coins)
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_game
  • Dropping two eggs from a 100 story building
    • http://www.programmerinterview.com/index.php/puzzles/2-eggs-100-floors-puzzle/
  • Three Men and a Bellboy (missing dollar, also more of a trick than a puzzle)
    • http://puzzles.nigelcoldwell.co.uk/twentyeight.htm
  • Dragon and Knight well drinking puzzle
    • http://n1b-algo.blogspot.com/2010/03/dragon-and-knight.html
    • Should change the description to include a well that has unpoisoned water.
  • Hungry camel fueled by bananas
    • http://www.crackpuzzles.com/?p=116
  • Love in Kleptopia (two lovers trying to send a ring in a box, only have padlocks + keys)
    • https://math.dartmouth.edu/~pw/solutions.pdf
  • Monty Hall problem
  • Disease Accuracy Test
    • 98% positive accuracy, 97% negative accuracy, 1% of population
    • http://qr.ae/m1ZWx
  • Three cards problem
    • Green/green, red/red, green/red
    • http://qr.ae/m1ZZf
  • 100 people, 100 boxes, one name in each box
    • Riddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivGlBKlK6M&list=UUUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg
    • Solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5-I0bAuEUE&feature=youtu.be

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