Math
Leveling up your Armor
Pobability; Difficulty: medium How many gems will you purchase to make it in this game? The Riddler Classic from this week (Apr 22, 2022) is probably an exercise of the
April 25, 2022
Math
Democratic Demagoguery
Logic; Difficulty: easy Can a leader get people to vote to make him(her)self richer? Puzzle worm Sandi Sandman sent me this simple yet interesting puzzle. Interesting because it offers a
April 19, 2022
Math
Eccentric Elevator
Probability; Difficulty: easy Escaping the Eccentric Elevator I’ve adapted this probability puzzle from one that I came across some months ago. Edit: This submission also made to the FiveThirtyEight Riddler
April 18, 2022
Math
Game of Mediocrity
Logic; Difficulty: easy Are you Mediocre Enough To Win? The Riddler Classic from this week is an easy but interesting game theory/strategy question that illustrates the idea of Nash Equilibrium.
April 11, 2022