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Easter Date For A Given Year Quiz

Published on Sunday, August 24, 2014 in , , , ,

Learn to perform the Easter Date For A Given Year feat here.

Quiz will appear below:


Roman Catholic Easter, 1900-2099
Full Moon Date

Full Moon and Easter Dates


Orthodox Easter, 1900-2099
(Asks about Roman Catholic full moon and Easter dates first)
Full Moon Dates

Full Moon and Easter Dates

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Quick Calendar Month Creation Quiz

Published on Sunday, May 25, 2014 in , , , , ,

Learn to perform the Quick Calendar Month Creation feat here.

Quiz will appear below:



2-Digit Year Key

Full Key 1700-2099

Month and Day Association

Calendar Quiz
Note: The Calendar Quiz opens full screen in a new window. Instructions on how to use it can be found in the Calendar Tab of the Quick Calendar Month Creation tutorial, in the Practice Creating Calendars section.

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Sliding Calendar Puzzle

Published on Sunday, January 01, 2012 in , , , , ,

Click here to jump down to the rules of this puzzle.

Rules

Somebody has mixed up the calendar! Can you help straighten it out?

Just like the 15 puzzle, the object of this puzzle is to return all the pieces to their correct order. Instead of 15 pieces to move around, however, the puzzle below has 41 pieces. In addition, the calendar aspect adds an extra dimension to the challenge!

Note the year and month above the calendar puzzle itself. Your challenge is to arrange the pieces so that they form the correct calendar for that month and year. The following rules apply:

• The blue square marked with a “1” will always be located somewhere in the top row. This should make sense. You don't start any calendar on the 2nd week.

• The blue numbered tiles are arranged on their corresponding days in the month. If the 1st fell on a Tuesday in the given month, then the blue “1” needs to be placed in the Tuesday column, and so on.

• The blue numbered tiles must be arranged in numerical order, reading from left to right, then top to bottom.

• The white lettered tiles are used to fill in the remaining spaces not used by the dates, and must be arrange in alphabetical order, reading from left to right, then top to bottom.

For example, if you're given a 30-day month that begins on Tuesday, the goal would be to arrange the puzzle like this:

Note, in this example, that A and B are used to fill the first Sunday and Monday respectively, since the month begins on a Tuesday. After the month ends, the remaining lettered pieces, C through K, are used to fill the remaining spaces.

The Year Range selection menus can be used to choose the range of years for your next puzzle (the default range is 2000 to 2099), and the New Puzzle button will generate a new month and year, as well as shuffle the pieces.

For help in solving the puzzle, try the next section.

Post your record times and moves, along with the year and month you solved, in the comments!

Solving

The two challenges that were combined to make the sliding calendar puzzle are taught separately here in the Grey Matters Mental Gym.

First, learn how to solve the classic versions of the 15 puzzle in this tutorial.

After that, you need to learn how to determine the day of the week for any given date.

To apply them to this particular puzzle, consider the year and month you're given, along with the first of the month. Once you figure out on which day of the week the first day falls, you also know which lettered tiles (if any) come before it.

Once you get the first lettered and numbered tiles in place, it's mostly like solving the original 15 puzzle.

When you get to the last two rows, the tricky part becomes working out which letter goes below which other piece. If you take into account where the letters in the top row (again, if any) left off, and how many days are in the month, this isn't too difficult.

Yes, you could cheat and look up the given month calendar online, but it's far more impressive to do it without looking.

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Day of the Week For Any Date Quiz (Revised)

Published on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 in , , , ,

Learn to perform the Day of the Week For Any Date (Revised) feat here.

Weekday Codes

Month Codes

Dates: 2000 to 2003

Leap Year Codes: 2000 to 2024

Leap Year Dates: 2000 to 2024

Leap Year Codes: 2000 to 2096

Leap Year Dates: 2000 to 2096

Year Codes: 2000 to 2099

Dates: 2000 to 2099

Dates: 1600 to 2399

Quiz will appear below:

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Squaring 2-Digit Numbers Quiz

Published on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in , , , , ,

Learn to perform the 2-digit number squaring feat here.

Note: Enter answers without any commas.


Squaring Multiples of 10 and 5

Squaring Numbers from 1 to 25

Squaring Numbers from 26 to 50

Squaring Numbers from 51 to 75

Squaring Numbers from 76 to 100

Squaring Numbers from 101 to 125

Quiz will appear below:

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Simon

Published on Monday, November 22, 2010 in , , , ,

Object: Repeat the same sequence of 5, 10, or 15 colors randomly generated by the computer.

When you click the Start Game button, the computer will light up a single colored section of the board. Touch or click on the same color, and then the computer will give you a sequence of two colors, starting with the same color.

Each time you are able to repeat the sequence given by the computer, it will repeat the previous sequence and add another color to it. You must then touch or click on that new sequence, as well.

The game ends either when you win by repeating a full sequence of 5, 10, or 15 colors (depending on the chosen level), or lose by not entering the sequence correctly.

Further Controls:

Start Game: This button begins a new game at the chosen level. The first color will flash as soon as you press this button, so make sure you're looking at the board when you click it!

Easy/Medium/Hard Selector: This selector lets you choose the difficulty. In the Easy level, you work up to a sequence of up to 5 colors. In the Medium level, you work up to a 10-color sequence, and in the Hard level, you're challenged to complete up to a 15-color sequence.

YellowGreen
RedBlue
 
 

Solutions:

How To Solve Simon

More Information:

Keith Drakard's “Simple Simon” page
Wikipedia: Simon (game)

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Planarity

Published on Monday, November 22, 2010 in , , , ,

Object: Arrange the dots so that no lines cross.

Simply click and hold a dot with your mouse, or touch and hold a dot with your finger, in order to move it.

If you're using a touch device and find you're having trouble moving a particular dot, zoom in and try moving it again.

Also, try and avoid placing the dots too close to the edge, as this may make them hard to move later.

Further Controls:

Check Now!: If 1 or more lines are crossed, clicking this button will tell you how many intersections remain. If no lines are crossed, this button will verify this and advance you to the next level.



Solutions:

Planarity strategy 1
Planarity strategy 2

More Information:

Planarity home page
JSPlanarity home page
Planar graph definition