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My puzzle calendar is written by the uneducated
Baron Grim Posted Jan 12, 2010
I can cut it into 11 now...
My puzzle calendar is written by the uneducated
Baron Grim Posted Jan 12, 2010
Ok... I think I got it in 12 squares...
Cut the cake into quarters. Then cut one of the quarters 3x3. Tada!
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toybox Posted Jan 12, 2010
You can also cut a large square in 21 squares, all of which being different. Here's a solution:
http://villemin.gerard.free.fr/Pavage/CarrParf_fichiers/image003.gif
From http://villemin.gerard.free.fr/Pavage/CarrParf.htm (in French)
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van-smeiter Posted Jan 13, 2010
No matter how one cut the cake, surely one would end up with cuboids rather than squares?
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Bright Blue Shorts Posted Feb 7, 2010
Should we assume this year's calendar is much more logical given the lack of posts?
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 7, 2010
Yep. Other than the order of operations problem, it's been good. Most of the puzzles aren't easily repeatable here though. Some are like crosswords, some are spot the difference type things.
But if I run into a 
one I'll share it here.
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 9, 2010
Speaking of which...
6 [ ] 5 [ ] 1 [ ] 3 = 6
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toybox Posted Feb 9, 2010
If every step is supposed to affect the result of the previous one (that is to say, if you are allowed reverse polish notation ), I found a way:
((6-5)+1)*3 = 6
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 10, 2010
That's the 'correct' answer, just with added parenthesis.
- + X
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Baron Grim Posted Feb 25, 2010
Heh... This calendar is not perfect.
Yesterday's puzzle was an arrangement of 10 dominoes. 4 were placed and it was up to the reader to place the remaining 6. There are sums along the right and bottom edges of the arrangement to be matched to the numbers along the rows and columns.
I got all but the last domino in with no problems but with no way to get that one in. I never got around to trying again yesterday so I just went to the answer.
AH! No wonder. Somehow the [2|6] turned into a [4|4] on the back of the page. 
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Baron Grim Posted Mar 1, 2010
The Sunday crossword in my local paper featured a Douglas Adams quote. It took me quite awhile to (nearly) finish it, but I wasn't giving up (at least until I finished out the quote at least).
"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer."
I did have a few empty squares left over, but I just lacked knowledge of the clues' subjects. A couple were biblical.
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