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Brain Games: Try These 3 Puzzles

BRAIN GAMES

Puzzles

BY STANLEY NEWMAN

Illustration of a school notebook with writing on the page that says BACK TO minus SCHOOL equals TEACH

MATH FUN

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Each of the 10 different letters in the equation above represents a different digit. If BOOKS would be 38892, what’s the unique subtraction?

WORDPLAY

Illustration of a woman wearing a white Roman toga with her hand on a large green grid showing 3 empty white squares

AS THE ROMANS DID

What’s the only common uncapitalized three-letter English word that’s also a valid Roman numeral?

THINK!

Illustration of the state of Florida wearing a string of pearls and a hat and carrying a large letter F

DOUBLY SINGULAR STATE

“Florida” is the only U.S. state name that begins with an F. What’s the only U.S. state name whose first letter is unique and whose last letter is unique?

BRAIN TIP

Illustration of a smiling heart figure and a smiling brain figure standing cheek to cheek

Love Your Heart The Alzheimer’s Association notes that many of the same things that cause heart disease and stroke also negatively affect your cognitive health. So taking care of your heart via diet, exercise and healthy habits will likely benefit your brain as well.

Explore up-to-date news, resources and tips on dementia and cognitive health at aarp.org/brainhealth.

PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? 306948 – 261887 = 45061

AS THE ROMANS DID MIX (1,009)

DOUBLY SINGULAR STATE UTAH

Illustrations by Sam Island

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