{"id":16827,"date":"2025-12-24T02:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2024\/?p=16827"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:07:24","slug":"d24-riddle6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/d24-riddle6\/","title":{"rendered":"D24 \u2013 Riddle6: garland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1171\" height=\"251\" title=\"FeatureImage-D24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FeatureImage-D24.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-16861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FeatureImage-D24-200x43.png 200w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FeatureImage-D24-400x86.png 400w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FeatureImage-D24-600x129.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FeatureImage-D24-800x171.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FeatureImage-D24.png 1171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1171px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - 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