mscroggs.co.uk
mscroggs.co.uk

subscribe

Puzzles

Coming and going

In my house are a number of rooms. (A hall separated from the rest of the house by one or more doors counts as a room.) Each room has an even number of doors, including doors that lead outside. Is the total number of outside doors even or odd?

Show answer & extension

Tags: numbers
If you enjoyed this puzzle, check out Sunday Afternoon Maths XXII,
puzzles about numbers, or a random puzzle.

Archive

Show me a random puzzle
 Most recent collections 

Advent calendar 2025

Advent calendar 2024

Advent calendar 2023

Advent calendar 2022


List of all puzzles

Tags

indices palindromes ave cube numbers irreducible numbers digital clocks sums addition graphs median differentiation area coordinates floors xor mean dates triangle numbers routes albgebra the only crossnumber consecutive integers people maths fractions number partitions cryptic crossnumbers rectangles odd numbers percentages neighbours regular shapes surds probability even numbers symmetry square grids multiplaction squares pascal's triangle lines perfect numbers 3d shapes algebra division polynomials unit fractions cryptic clues geometric means balancing cards tangents hexagons proportion axes chalkdust crossnumber geometry expansions complex numbers range tournaments averages cubics determinants ellipses advent games numbers time volume triangles 2d shapes dodecagons integers folding tube maps factorials probabilty chocolate remainders square numbers angles shape sum to infinity menace integration bases pentagons factors logic means scales speed money quadratics rugby quadrilaterals products elections multiplication calculus digital products crosswords binary squares geometric mean shapes circles tiling gerrymandering functions doubling books medians consecutive numbers coins grids spheres wordplay sets planes trigonometry decahedra powers parabolas arrows crossnumbers clocks lists prime factors sport christmas matrices colouring digits dominos square roots dice sequences multiples taxicab geometry polygons star numbers prime numbers chess perimeter combinatorics

Archive

Show me a random puzzle
▼ show ▼
© Matthew Scroggs 2012–2026