Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

Took me about 2 minutes, got it on my second roll. Just guessed right, I guess. I don't understand why the question is written "There are how many petals around the rose?". Why not write it "How many petals are around the rose?"

My friend send me this in year around 2004 and spent a day to figure it out and failed, i did not bother it anymore until one time at this year 2006 while i was browsing my old mails, i was challenge again and decided to try it one more time, as i came across to all the examples i just found it right away... ohhh walahh. this is a very very teaser puzzle

HA! I got it! it took me about 3 minutes!

Took me about 20 minutes.

It took me about a week of 10 to 20 minute sessions to figure it out.

I'm an artist, and don't consider myself a "numbers" person, but got the answer in 10 minutes.

Well... A friend of mine showed me this website and asked if I could solve it in 5 mins. I thought like hey... I can do it in 3. However, I was wrong... I spent about 1/2 an hour on that page before solving it... I must admit that it is a delightful puzzle.

Being a huge fan of Kakuro and Sudoku, I love a number challenge. But I quickly found out it it isn't about numbers but how we interpret words and visualize the world around us. A great puzzle.

I created a spreadsheet and had recorded 20 rolls of the dice and the corresponding answer, looking for patterns including the sum, median, average, high/low values, etc. The only progress I made was that I noticed that each answer was an even number. Then I went back and rolled a few more without recording or analyzing the result and it hit me. Actually, I'm quite surprised I got it that quickly.

Got it at first glance. I'm 79 years old.