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Tea set #37

Light brew · three games · about 4 minutes

Cups in this set

Each cup counts when you play it at the level shown here.

Nothing strong in this pot: three easy cups, short rounds and plenty of room to find a rhythm.

In this pot: hold it in mind, a steady eye, counting. It opens with Quick Sums and finishes with Odd One Out.

What is in the pot

CupGameLevelFirst taskTime
1Quick SumsAddition2 + 9about 1 min
2Flash GridEasy3 tiles on 3 × 3about 2 min
3Odd One OutEasy3 × 3 to 5 × 5about 1 min

The three cups

Cup 1: Quick Sums

Quick Sums, Addition: steady mental arithmetic against a gentle clock. Sixty seconds; the first problem is 2 + 9.

Tip: For subtraction, count up from the smaller number instead of down from the larger one.

Cup 2: Flash Grid

Flash Grid, Easy: holding a scattered pattern for a second. The first pattern has 3 tiles on a 3 × 3 grid and stays lit for 1.11 s.

Tip: Look at the shape, not the tiles one by one. Three tiles often make a corner, a little line or a triangle that is easier to keep than three separate spots.

Cup 3: Odd One Out

Odd One Out, Easy: searching a grid calmly for the one thing that differs. Twelve rounds on grids from 3 × 3 to 5 × 5; differences: a dot more or less ×6, a different shape ×4, a turned symbol ×2.

Tip: Care pays more than haste: each wrong tap adds two seconds, longer than most rounds last.

Every cup in set #37 has a fixed seed, so anyone who opens this set gets the same patterns, trails, sums and waits. Your own ticks and results are kept only in this browser.

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