Reader\'s Digest Australia & New Zealand - June 2018

140 | June• 2018

TEST YOUR MENTAL PROWESS

Puzzles

BRAIN POWER

Challenge yourself by solving these puzzles and mind stretchers,

then check your answers on page 134.

BY MARCEL DANESI

(ARITHME-PICK) FRASER SIMPSON; (THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT) MARCEL DANESI

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT(EASY)

Thecurrentheightsoffivegrowinggirls–Jane,

Juanita, Jasmine, Jin and Jacqueline – were

markedwithchalkonawall,asshown.

Canyoufigureoutwhichlineindicatesthe

height of which girl based on the information

that follows?

„JinistallerthanJuanitabutshorterthanJane.

„Jacqueline is shorter than Jane and Jasmine

buttallerthanJuanitaandJin.

„Jane is taller than Jasmine.

ARITHME-PICK(MODERATELY DIFFICULT)

Placeoneofthefourbasicarithmeticoperations(+,–,×,÷)ineachboxto

make a correct equation. Symbols may be repeated, and you don’t have

touseallfour.Alloperationsareperformedfromlefttoright,ignoringthe

mathematical order of operations. The result at each step must be a positive

whole number. What’s the equation?

3 6 2 6 5 = 3

D

A

E

C

B