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Fight fires with numbers in this week’s mathematical puzzle…

15 Jan 2023 | Written by By The Joy Club

Last week’s puzzles

Click here for last week’s Sunday Solve challenge. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find out the answer!

This week’s puzzle

Sudoku

With our sudoku player, you can play as many games as you want and adjust the difficulty to suit you (just click ‘Options’ and select your chosen level).

To play the sudoku, simply click on a box and choose the number you think goes there. Once you’re happy with your guesses, click ‘Check’ to see if you were correct. Any wrong answers will appear in red.

 

Brain teaser

Our brain teaser comes from Mensa. Good luck!

 

A fire engine travels seven miles to a fire at a speed of 40 mph.

Its tank holds 500 gallons of water but has been leaking at a rate of 22.5 gallons per hour throughout the journey.

If the fine engine needs 497 gallons of water to put out the fire, will it have sufficient?

Last week’s answer

The answer to last Sunday’s brain teaser was: tree.


Pop your answer in the comments below and see how you and other members fared.

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