Puzzle #1: Mother's Day

The Seashell Hotel set up a lovely buffet for Mother's Day. Among other things, the chef has
whipped up a marvelous chocolate cherry cheesecake. Out on the patio, two mothers and two
daughters are dining on three pieces of cheesecake, with one piece per person. How is this
possible?

Puzzle #2: I, Robot

Can you replace the letters in this equation with numbers to make a correct mathematical
expression?
(R+O+B+O+T)³ = ROBOT

Puzzle #3: That Certain Something

Here's a number: 8549176320. It looks like a random jumbly number, but it's actually quite
special. Can you figure out why?

Puzzle #4: Game of Fours

Hard to believe, but it's possible to get every integer between 0 and 8 by using four 4's (no
more, no less, but decimal points are allowed) and the common math operators: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division, square root and the factorial (e.g. 4! = 1*2*3*4 = 24).
How many can you get?

Puzzle #5: Ugh!

Did you know? In math, there is a symbol you can stick between the numbers 7 and 8 that'll
give you a number larger than 7, but smaller than 8. What is it?

This puzzles or riddles, helps us to make our brain healthy and expand our vocabulary .We
encounter words that we don't understand we figure them out through context. Riddles
give words and a great deal of context which makes it easier for us to learn. Also focusing
your attention on a puzzle can help you to keep anxiety take the edge off it. Math puzzles
also helps develop our strategic thinking. Now here are the solutions to the problems:

Puzzle 1: Out of the two mothers, one is actually a grandmother. This means one of the
mothers is both a mother and a daughter. So technically, the table seats two mothers (the
grandmother and the mother) and two daughters (the mother and her daughter).
Puzzle 2: If R = 1, O = 7, B = 5, O=7, T = 6, then (1+7+5+7+6)³ = (26)³ = 17576.
Puzzle 3: 8549176320 is all the single digits (0-9) rearranged in alphabetical order:
'Eight, Five, Four, Nine, One…'
Puzzle 4: Some solutions for 0 to 8 are:

(4+4) - (4+4) = 0 (4+4) / (4+4) = 1 (4/4) + (4/4) = 2

((4+4) + 4)/4 = 3 4(4-4) + 4 = 4 ((4*4)+4)/4 = 5
4(.4) + 4.4 = 6 (44/4) - 4 = 7 4 + (4.4 - .4) = 8
Of course, you don't have to stop at just 8! For a challenge, see how far you can go using
these rules.
Puzzle 5: A decimal point! 7.8 is larger than 7 and smaller than 8. Try this one out on your
friends if you really want to annoy them. (No more trick questions, promise!)