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Put your brain to the test with this interesting number puzzle

Your time to solve this brain teaser starts now…

Published on: Jan 1, 2024, 10:55:40 IST
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Brain teasers are fun challenges that are satisfying to solve. If you’re a puzzle enthusiast, here is one that will leave you engaged. It is a simple one where you have to find a missing number. Do you think you have what it takes to solve this puzzle?

Brain teaser: Can you solve this puzzle? (X/@exceleducations)
Brain teaser: Can you solve this puzzle? (X/@exceleducations)

The puzzle is posted on X with a simple caption. “Number Puzzle. Apply your intelligence and answer it,” it reads. The visual posted alongside shows different numbers written in rows and columns. All you have to do is find the missing number.

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Take a look at this brain teaser:

“2*3 =6 and 6*3 =18. 4*5=20 and 20*5=100. 3*7=21 and 21*3 =147. The answer is 3,” posted an X user. “6 square =36 divided by 2=18. 20 square =400 divided by 4=100. 21 square=441 divided by 147=3,” added another.

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“In the top row the numbers are related by 3x, in the middle row by 5x, and the bottom row by 7x. Since the numbers in the left column are one less than the constant multipliers, my answer is 6,” joined a third. “3. Because in the first row, the numbers of the series are multiplied by 3. In the second row multiplied per 5 and in the third row multiplied per 7,” wrote a fourth.

 
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Trisha Sengupta

Trisha Sengupta is a Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of digital newsroom experience. Specialising in high-engagement storytelling, she blends viral trends with traditional journalism to cover the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. Her reporting spans real estate and personal finance struggles in hubs like Bengaluru and Gurgaon, the NRI experience, and corporate shifts like tech layoffs. Trisha also frequently tracks global figures and writes human interest stories. Offline, Trisha is an avid reader, history enthusiast and solo traveler. She balances her journalism career with family life while actively integrating AI tools into her modern storytelling approach.

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