Starter Puzzles

These are good puzzles to try when you are first getting into the world of puzzles
12 Days Of Christmas
According to the traditional song, on the first day of Christmas (25th December), my true love... Try Puzzle ⇒
A Brave Puzzle
Only for the brave, this one! This square has eleven letters missing, which you have to replace.... Try Puzzle ⇒
Alphabet Numbers
Using any letter only once, what are the largest and smallest numbers that you can write down... Try Puzzle ⇒
Alphabet Spaghetti
Spaghetti is famous for the way it all gets tangled up on the plate. Those of you who think... Try Puzzle ⇒
Ancestrally Speaking
Hungry Horace was looking through the family photograph album, which has a photo of each of... Try Puzzle ⇒
And Mint Sauce
Six wolves catch six lambs in six minutes. How many wolves will be needed to catch sixty lambs... Try Puzzle ⇒
Birds in Trees
There are 2 trees in a garden (tree A and B) and in both trees are some birds. The birds of... Try Puzzle ⇒
Birthday Smarties
The Birthday Cake has all gone but there are twelve piles of Smarties left. Each pile is held... Try Puzzle ⇒
Blockslide
The diagram shows a cross-shaped box containing three numbered blocks. The puzzle is to slide... Try Puzzle ⇒
Calendar Confusion
If I said that in three days' time it would be a Thursday, I am sure that most of you would... Try Puzzle ⇒
Catastrophe
Draw a circle with radius 5 cm. Draw a second circle with radius 3 cm, outside and just touching... Try Puzzle ⇒
Christmas Pudding
Father Christmas spends 364 days of the year as a taster of Christmas puddings (which is why... Try Puzzle ⇒
Count the Shapes
How many triangles are there in this diagram? Bonus question: How many quadrilaterals? Try Puzzle ⇒
Do Not Pay Any Less, Mrs Mess
Mrs Mess was buying a set of garden furniture. The bill was seventy dollars. She gave the attendant... Try Puzzle ⇒
Easter Eggs - Eggsactly
Hungry Horace's just loves the blue Easter Eggs. He went to the shop to buy one but found that... Try Puzzle ⇒
Eating Pies
Father Christmas has to visit a lot of homes on Christmas Eve when he is out delivering presents.... Try Puzzle ⇒
Four Children
Sam's Mother has four children: April, May, June, and ... What is the name of the fourth child? Try Puzzle ⇒
Fund Raising Fun
Hungry Horace recently went on a Sponsored Walk to raise funds for new equipment at the local... Try Puzzle ⇒
Hilda The Builder
Hilda made a house from building blocks and it looked like this from the top and two sides.... Try Puzzle ⇒
It Must Be Matchic
What's the difference between a match, and the gun used at the beginning of a race? One starts... Try Puzzle ⇒
Mirror, Mirror
If you continue shading the squares so that the two dotted lines become lines of symmetry (mirror... Try Puzzle ⇒
Order! Order!
The story is told of the enterprising young farmer who crossed a sheep with a frog. Before... Try Puzzle ⇒
Placing Sheets
Eight squares of paper, all exactly the same size, have been placed on top of each other so... Try Puzzle ⇒
Santa Has A Bad Code
Father Christmas caught a cold. Fortunately, he did manage to get a message through via one... Try Puzzle ⇒
Sticker-bility
This addition sum is a puzzle I've been trying to solve. The idea is that each type of sticker... Try Puzzle ⇒
Sum-Things Missing
An old Mathematics book contained this addition sum which had been marked correct by the teacher:... Try Puzzle ⇒
The Dual Cabbage Way
Using three straight lines, divide the cabbage patch up into six sections with two cabbages... Try Puzzle ⇒
The End Of Year Party
Party Time! Several people of different ages brought things for the party: Charlie, who's 12,... Try Puzzle ⇒
The Holiday Headscratcher
What day do you go back to school, Horace? asked his grandmother one day. Well, Horace replied,... Try Puzzle ⇒