Can you solve it? Irresistibly small and intolerably cute
by Alex Bellos from Science | The Guardian on (#5D8Z0)
The joy of micro puzzles
UPDATE: Read the solutions here.
Today's puzzles are bijoux. Petite. Bite-sized. They are the canapes of the conundrum world, and so deliciously moreish you will devour them all. They come in two types, and I have included six of one, and half a dozen of the other.
First up: equatum' puzzles, devised by Justin Roughley. These are beautifully elegant number puzzles in which a single word must be transcribed into an equation. Clever stuff, literally.
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