A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving

lostinself · Jul 11, 2015

A short game sheds light on government policy, corporate America and why no one likes to be wrong.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/03/upshot/a-quick-puzzle-to-test-your-problem-solving.html

Good one!

trendsetter37 · Jul 12, 2015

That was fun and a great reminder lostinself. Thanks for sharing.

Foxx · Jul 12, 2015

Fun an interesting test, lostinself. Looks like I'm in the 9 percent, according to their current stats. Thanks for sharing!

Goemon_ · Jul 13, 2015

That's a good one. I was on the 78%...

H-KQGE · Jul 25, 2015

Goemon_ said:
That's a good one. I was on the 78%...

Interesting. It seems I'm in the 9% range - it took two no attempts to get the answer.

A short game sheds light on government policy, corporate America and why no one likes to be wrong.

Indeed! Thanks for sharing lostinself.

tschai · Jul 28, 2015

Interesting- I got the sequence correct first try-but guessed incorrectly for the reasoning! Assumptions get you every time...darn it!

Kay Kim · Aug 21, 2015

I guesses 3 numbers and check the answer, it said 'yes'
What's that mean?

whitecoast · Aug 21, 2015

Kay Kim said:
I guesses 3 numbers and check the answer, it said 'yes'
What's that mean?

it means the number and order of numbers you chose followed the pattern.

Mal7 · Aug 21, 2015

Interesting test. I failed. :)