Brain training: 7 Puzzles To Challenge Your Mind!

If it takes 7 seconds for 7 ticks, how many seconds will 10 ticks take? The answer is not 10. How many of these puzzles can you solve? 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 crazy 8s
1:17 gold split
5:41 circle e's
7:05 boys and girls
9:43 100 cat
10:41 clock ticks
14:01 lion interview

0:00 puzzle 1
https://www.popsugar.com/tech/how-many-8s-photo-45240276
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/de-stress/optical-illusion-how-many-8s-can-you-spot-in-this-image/articleshow/100931818.cms
1:17 puzzle 2
https://www.enjoymathematics.com/blog/gold-for-7-days-of-work
5:41 puzzle 3
adapted from
https://www.reddit.com/r/puzzles/comments/18vgolf/the_vicious_circle/
7:05 puzzle 4
https://testbook.com/question-answer/a-family-has-several-children-each-boy-in-this-fa--5fbf80bbfc893b72de95f225
https://www.wyzant.com/resources/answers/439319/a_family_has_several_children_each_boy_in_the_family_has_many_sisters_as_brothers_and_each_girl_has_twice_as_many_brothers_as_sisters_how_many_brothers_and_sist
https://aspirestudy.in/notifications/previous_year_papers/nimcet_2016.php
9:43 puzzle 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QSr4MuPx_2E
10:41 puzzle 6
https://prepyourmathblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/some-of-the-puzzles-from-shakuntala-devi-books/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuntala_Devi
14:01 puzzle 7
adapted from
https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/the-unusual-riddle-goldman-sachs-might-ask-you-in-a-quant-job-interview


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