The Times Brain Trainer

The Times daily chain of mental arithmetic.

Every day: A new numbered Brain Trainer every day (No 5192 on 2 October 2026): a chain of sums to work through in your head. New puzzle: Once a day; the site does not state the time.

The Times puzzles

Brain Trainer is The Times daily mental arithmetic puzzle: you start from a number and apply a chain of operations in your head to reach the answer. A new numbered puzzle appears every day.

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