Reader's Digest New Zealand - August/September 2025

? DARREN RIGBY (CANS FROM ABOVE, ANIMAL FARM). EMILY GOODMAN (A COLORFUL CONUNDRUM). BORTONIA/GETTY IMAGES (CAN TOWER) Can Tower MediuM In this supermarket display, each soup can is supported by a triangle of cans underneath it, as shown in the top view (far right). What is the fewest number of cans needed to make a stack five levels tall with one can at the top? For answers, turn to page 127 . For more Brain Games, go to rd.com/braingames . Animal Farm MediuM Seven animals (a chicken, a cow, a donkey, a duck, a goat, a horse and a pig) live on the farm represented on the grid below. The farm has a red barn, a green pasture, a blue lake and a brown farmhouse. No two animals are in the same row or column. From the following clues, can you locate all the animals? F No animal is inside the farmhouse. F The pig is not in a column to the left of the pasture. F The cow is in the barn, the horse in the pasture, and the duck in the lake. They are the only animals in these areas. F The animal in the third row has fewer legs than the animal in the fifth row. F The goat is in a column to the right of the horse. F The cow, duck, donkey and pig are all against the edges of the property. A Colorful Conundrum difficult This bracelet has seven beads, each a different color. Which color should the grayed-out bead be? reader ’ s digest 124 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2025