Quick Puzzle

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1

I have the following shapes, cut out of a piece of card. They are laid out in this (incorrect) order:
SEMICIRCLE TRIANGLE TRIANGLE SQUARE NONAGON PENTAGON HEXAGON CIRCLE

As I’ve said, this order is flat out wrong. I wish to rearrange them in the proper order. Well actually, tell a lie, I want you to do it for me.

I also have one other shape and I’m not going to tell you what it is but only that it belongs at the bottom of my list of shapes, once said shapes have been rearranged into the correct order.

What is the correct order for my shapes and what shape is missing?

2

So we’ve got:

SEMICIRCLE
TRIANGLE
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
NONAGON
PENTAGON
HEXAGON
CIRCLE
UNKNOWN

And they need to be in the “proper” order, whatever that is - I guess that’s the key here, what is the proper order.

TRIANGLE
SQUARE
PENTAGON
HEXAGON
NONAGON

Which leaves me with one TRIANGLE, a SEMICIRCLE and a CIRCLE.

Hmmm. Beats me, I don’t see the trick. It’s probably something else, like looking at the shapes and seeing what letters they resemble or something. Or they’re some obscure reference to some south-Polynesian Deity Hierarchy. I don’t know.

3

I’m assuming the order has something to do with the number of sides each shape has:

Circle (1 side)
Semicircle (2 sides)
Triangle (3 sides)
Triangle (3 sides)
Square (4 sides)
Pentagon (5 sides)
Hexagon (6 sides)
Nonagon (9 sides)
Unknown (? sides)
I’m still trying to figure out what to do with these values.

Of course, I could be wrong and the shapes could just form a picture of a duck when placed in the right order or something…

4

Ok, JBERGES, you’re on the right track. The numbers of the sides are vital.

You’ve got 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, ?

Hint: Think anagrams and popular foodstuffs :slight_smile:

5

Argh, I made a dumbarsed mistake. The shapes you’ve actually got are:
SEMICIRCLE
CIRCLE
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
NONAGON
PENTAGON
HEXAGON
CIRCLE
UNKNOWN

There should have only been one circle (sorry - I really should try proofreading these, just for a laugh)
That means that the numbers you’ve got are:

1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, ?

Apart from that, everything else is fine. From here on in this one should be as easy as…well, never mind :wink:

6

I meant, there should have only been one TRIANGLE.

Sorry.

7

The next shape is a pentagon.

The number of sides of each shape represents a number, and the numbers, when arranged properly, form the decimal equivalent of pi. (3.14159265)

So…

Triangle (3)
Circle (1)
Square (4)
Circle (1)
Pentagon (5)
Nonagon (9)
Semicircle (2)
Hexagon (6)
Pentagon (5)

8

Aw, crap. I didn’t even notice the giant hint you gave. That would have made it easier…

9

But if the answer is pi, why does Gomez say “think anagrams and popular foodstuffs”? pie is a popular foodstuff, but pi is not an anagram of pie.
I never get these puzzles.

10

314159265 (pi number sequence) is an anagram of 1213456?9 (original sequence of sides) if the question mark equals 5. That’s how the the answer of pentagon (5 sides) is reached.

Of course, Gomez hasn’t confirmed that I’m right yet…

11

He has now, well done JBERGES on solving what was quite a tough problem.