We Leave You Hanging
Easy Each of these paintings
must be hung on the wall on
one of the hooks shown. Nat-
urally, the hook will go in the
middle of the top edge of
the painting so that it hangs
straight. Paintings can touch
but cannot overlap. How
can you hang all five at once
without moving a hook?The Rainbow Game
Difficult I shuffle eight cards: one
with each of the six main colours
of the rainbow and two grey. I lay
them out face down. You select
cards one by one. If you can pick all
the colours of the rainbow before
you pick a grey card, then you win.
What’s the probability of winning? (WE^ LEAVEYOU^ HANGING;^ THERAINBOW^GAME)^ DARREN^ RIGBYreader’s digest
98 april 2020
BRAINTEASERS