Copernican Revolution
The first roll of the dice scores 2:
The second roll scores 6:
The third roll scores 0:
The fourth roll, 8:
And the fifth roll, 4:
What does this score?
This problem is adopted from Powell, Michael. "Brain Boosting: Brain training puzzles and facts to keep your brain young." Parragon Books Ltd., 2014. Print.
The answer is 16.
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1 solution
It's not that hard to solve: you only have to sum the outer black points if there's 1 in the middle. So only 3 and 5 give scores, 2 and 4 respectively. This means for the last throw: 2x2 + 3x4 = 16.