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BrainTwister #33: Number triangles

Can you solve this week’s logic puzzle? Plus our quick quiz and the answer to last week’s problem

By Peter Rowlett

14 August 2024

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#33 Number triangles

set by Peter Rowlett

There are two ways (shown below) to arrange the numbers 1 to 3 in a triangular grid so the number at the top of the triangle is the (positive) difference between the two making up the base. (We can mirror each arrangement right-to-left, but won’t count these mirror images as different.)

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Can you complete these grids (below), where each triangular grouping of three squares follows the same rule? The first two triangles use the numbers 1 to 6 and the third uses the numbers 1 to 10.

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