Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means tabletop games ...

You’ve no doubt seen some version of this viral math problem making the rounds on Facebook, Reddit or X (though we’ve given ...

The rules of Sudoku dictate that every row, column and 3×3 bolded box in the completed grid must contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once. A surprising fact emerges from these simple rules. In ...

You are participating in a holiday gift exchange with a few classmates. You each write down your own name on a slip of paper and fold it up. Then all the students place their names into a single hat.

NYT Pips Game Today: It is The New York Times’ daily puzzle that mixes math and dominoes into one addictive brain game. Just like Wordle or Connections, the goal is to place domino tiles in specific ...

A new mathematical puzzle has caught the internet’s attention, challenging users to put their logic and reasoning skills to the test. (Also read: Optical illusion: Can you spot the hidden cat in this ...

In honor of April Fools’ Day, I offer the puzzling case of the Lesser Fool. In a fictional town, there lived an odd wanderer. People would present him with two amounts of money or goods and ask which ...

In the April Insights puzzle, I tried to guide readers down a path that might be best described as “experimental mathematics.” The goal was to rediscover two constants by iterating simple arithmetic ...