Someone posted this over on Reddit then promptly removed it (I don't think it was someone trying to cheat on a test - seems an unusual question for such a thing), thought thus stack sub might find it amusing:
The text of the first three panels translates (roughly) to:
- THIS IS:
- H holes in the ice
- P Polar bears
- F fish
- M missed the boat
where H, P, F, M are the corresponding numbers of each for each panel.
The last panel asks WHAT IS THIS?
Answer
This is a variation of
the puzzle known as petals around the rose. This gives us some pretty big hints - though the latter two parts stumped me for a while anyways.
Holes are
the central pips of each top face of a die.
Polar bears are
pips that touch a hole. They are looking for fish.
Fish are
the pips under the ice. That is, pips on the bottom faces.
Missed the boat are
pips on the faces of a standard die that are the top face of no die on the table.
For the fourth set of dice, the results are:
3 holes; 10 polar bears; 13 fish; 11 missed the boat
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