7 Brain-Teasing Puzzles to Boost Your Logic Skills 🧠
Challenge your mind with these 7 tricky puzzles that test creativity, pattern recognition, and outside-the-box thinking. Perfect for sharpening your logic and preparing for tough exams!

MindYourDecisions
795.2K views • Apr 16, 2025

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Can you ace these challenging puzzles? Skills tested: outside the box thinking, creativity, logic, pattern recognition, Harvard entrance exam style question, interview question, mathematics, puzzle solving, problem solving, genius test
0:00 swap coins
2:15 train tunnel
5:33 perimeter
8:37 stick equal areas
11:48 water block
14:59 pin logic
19:07 which way bus
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Puzzle 1
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SzXlugijgHs
Puzzle 2
sent by email, also UKMT 2015
https://ukmt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cayley-2015-q.pdf
Puzzle 3 kangaroo
https://ikmc.kangaroo.org.pk/uploads/ikmc/documents/e-Junior_compressed.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5btbPxyoZU
Puzzle 4 stick
https://matchstickpuzzles.blogspot.com/2017/09/549-divide-square-into-2-parts.html
Puzzle 5 water
Thanks to Fahad Alomaim for the suggestion! Translated from the Mawhiba curriculum
Puzzle 6 code lock
https://www.reddit.com/r/puzzles/comments/15dz2z9/i_cant_wrap_my_head_around_this/
Puzzle 7 bus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nUARk6aFE4
https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/575/which-way-is-the-bus-going
https://www.today.com/parents/can-you-crack-school-bus-puzzle-easy-brainteaser-kids-stumps-t71521
https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/which-direction-is-the-bus-going/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Countries_driving_on_the_left_or_right.svg
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0:00 swap coins
2:15 train tunnel
5:33 perimeter
8:37 stick equal areas
11:48 water block
14:59 pin logic
19:07 which way bus
Get early access to videos by supporting the channel
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Patreon
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Puzzle 1
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SzXlugijgHs
Puzzle 2
sent by email, also UKMT 2015
https://ukmt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cayley-2015-q.pdf
Puzzle 3 kangaroo
https://ikmc.kangaroo.org.pk/uploads/ikmc/documents/e-Junior_compressed.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5btbPxyoZU
Puzzle 4 stick
https://matchstickpuzzles.blogspot.com/2017/09/549-divide-square-into-2-parts.html
Puzzle 5 water
Thanks to Fahad Alomaim for the suggestion! Translated from the Mawhiba curriculum
Puzzle 6 code lock
https://www.reddit.com/r/puzzles/comments/15dz2z9/i_cant_wrap_my_head_around_this/
Puzzle 7 bus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nUARk6aFE4
https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/575/which-way-is-the-bus-going
https://www.today.com/parents/can-you-crack-school-bus-puzzle-easy-brainteaser-kids-stumps-t71521
https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/which-direction-is-the-bus-going/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Countries_driving_on_the_left_or_right.svg
Send me suggestions by email (address at end of many videos). I may not reply but I do consider all ideas!
If you purchase through these links, I may be compensated for purchases made on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This does not affect the price you pay.
Book ratings are from January 2025.
My Books (worldwide links)
https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/my-books/#worldwide
My Books (US links)
Mind Your Decisions: Five Book Compilation
https://amzn.to/2pbJ4wR
A collection of 5 books:
"The Joy of Game Theory" rated 4.2/5 stars on 564 reviews
http://amzn.to/1uQvA20
"The Irrationality Illusion: How To Make Smart Decisions And Overcome Bias" rated 4.2/5 stars on 55 reviews
http://amzn.to/1o3FaAg
"40 Paradoxes in Logic, Probability, and Game Theory" rated 4.2/5 stars on 81 reviews
http://amzn.to/1LOCI4U
"The Best Mental Math Tricks" rated 4.3/5 stars on 148 reviews
http://amzn.to/18maAdo
"Multiply Numbers By Drawing Lines" rated 4.5/5 stars on 57 reviews
http://amzn.to/XRm7M4
Mind Your Puzzles: Collection Of Volumes 1 To 3
https://amzn.to/2mMdrJr
A collection of 3 books:
"Math Puzzles Volume 1" rated 4.4/5 stars on 138 reviews
http://amzn.to/1GhUUSH
"Math Puzzles Volume 2" rated 4.2/5 stars on 45 reviews
http://amzn.to/1NKbyCs
"Math Puzzles Volume 3" rated 4.3/5 stars on 38 reviews
http://amzn.to/1NKbGlp
2017 Shorty Awards Nominee. Mind Your Decisions was nominated in the STEM category (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) along with eventual winner Bill Nye; finalists Adam Savage, Dr. Sandra Lee, Simone Giertz, Tim Peake, Unbox Therapy; and other nominees Elon Musk, Gizmoslip, Hope Jahren, Life Noggin, and Nerdwriter.
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