In honor of Mathematics Awareness Month 2007: Mathematics and the Brain, here is another mathematical brain bender from puzzle master Wes Carroll ...
The Unkindest Cut of All, Part 1 of 2
Difficulty: HARD
Type: MATH (Spatial)
Question:
The area of a square is equal to the square of the length of one side. So, for example, a square with side length 3 has area (32), or 9. What is the area of a square whose diagonal is length 5?
In this puzzle you are working out your spatial visualization (occipital lobes), memory (temporal lobes), and hypothesis generation (frontal lobes).
Click to read the Solution and Explanation.
Go on to Concentric Shapes: The Unkindest Cut of All, Part 2 of 2
