Logic Puzzles

1. The Missing Piece

The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole? Press Stop to drag the pieces yourself.

Where does this hole come from?
Click Stop to manually move these pieces around.
(This interactive visual was generated with AI)

Added 1 January 2007 · Updated 12 August 2026

Hint:

This is not an optical illusion. If you print out the puzzle, cut out the pieces and rearrange them, you get the exact same dilemma.

Solution:

The gradient of the teal hypotenuse is different than the gradient of the red hypotenuse.


Comments (3)

Anonymous 7 March 2007

The Missing Piece puzzle is not very easy; it's too simple.

Anonymous 11 February 2010

The answer to puzzle number 3 should be thirteen, not fourteen.

Anonymous 23 June 2011

I still fail to comprehend how the triangle puzzle works out. Could you please explain it better for me?

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