Puzzles

Challenge yourself by solving these puzzles and mind stretchers, then check your answers on page 113.

DARTBOARD

If you get a dart in the central ring of this board, it doubles the value of that dart. Landing a dart in the outer ring triples the value. (Notice that there’s no bull’s eye.) What’s the smallest number greater than two that would be impossible to score on this board using three darts?

DIGI CONNECT

Arrange these four pieces into a square so that each of the digits 0 to 9 (as shown) appears once. The numbers can have any orientation (right side up, upside down, sideways, etc.), and there will be two extra symbols that will not match any of the digit designs below.