These scales all balance. What goes on the last one?
can you balance the scales?
№ 1Balancy is a free daily maths logic puzzle. Each shape has a secret weight, a whole number from 1 to 12, and the same shape always weighs the same. You're shown a few balanced scales, and your job is to work out what goes on the last scale: the total weight of its pan.
Every scale shown is perfectly balanced, so both sides weigh the same. Use them to work out each shape's weight, then add up the shapes in the question pan and type your answer on the number pad. If you're wrong, you'll be told whether your answer was too heavy or too light and roughly how far off it was. Early in the week three shapes are used and one scale holds only one kind of shape, which gives you a starting point. Later in the week you'll need to compare two scales to get going, and at the weekend a star joins in and some scales have shapes on both sides. Every puzzle is checked by trying every possible set of weights from 1 to 12, so there's always exactly one answer.
You have six attempts. Solving it on your first attempt earns 12 points, then 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 for attempts two to six. Each miss tells you how far away you were. Stuck early on? The helper reveals what one shape weighs, but it halves the day's score and is only available during your first three attempts.
Your play streak counts the days in a row you've played, and your solved streak counts the days in a row you've solved the puzzle. Play seven days running and you earn a 7-point bonus, or 14 points if you solved all seven. Miss a day and the streaks start again. A new puzzle arrives every day at midnight UTC.
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