Puzzle 1
One name is in the wrong position. Which one?
Joshua, Jacob, Cedric, Luke, Geoff, Edward, Craig, Keith.
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Take a close look at some of the letters.
Answer
Edward.
The last letters are in alphabetical order, so Edward should be the 4th name, and not the 6th .
Puzzle 2
Recently Kevin had a party and because it was his birthday he wanted a mathematical cake!
He ordered a cake in the shape of a cube and had it completely iced (but of course the shop didn't ice the underneath because that just isn't very sensible).
He cut every side of the cake into three equal pieces, giving 27 slices of cake.
He ended up eating all of the pieces of cake that had exactly 2 sides with icing.
So, how many pieces did that leave for the guests?
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How many pieces on the top layer had two sides with icing?
Answer
15 pieces.
Reasoning
On each layer there are 4 pieces with exactly two sides of icing.
Therefore Kevin ate 12 pieces, leaving 15 for the guests.
Puzzle 3
What are the next three digits in this sequence:
7 · 3 · 1 · 8 · 2 · 8 · 5 · 3 · 1 · 5 · 3 · 0 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 4 · 3 · 0 · ? · ? · ?
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Hint
This question involves the months of the year in some way.
Answer
4 3 1.
Reasoning
This is the sequence of the length of the name of the month, and the number of days in that month.
7 3 1 = January, which has 7 letters, and 31 days.
8 2 8 = February, which has 8 letters, and 28 days.
5 3 1 = March, which has 5 letters, and 31 days.
5 3 0 = April, which has 5 letters, and 30 days.
3 3 1 = May, which has 3 letters, and 31 days.
4 3 0 = June, which has 4 letters, and 30 days.
Which means the next three digits are:
4 3 1 = July, which has 4 letters, and 31 days.
Puzzle 4
Art Theft all logic puzzles
After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.
From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Emery
Billie said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Emery
Chris said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Emery
Drew said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Chris
Emery said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Frankie
Frankie said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Alex
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If Alex had committed the crime, how many lies would there be?
Answer
Chris committed the crime.
Reasoning
We know that exactly 4 lies were told.
If it was Alex, then 3 lies would have been told (by those who said it wasn't Alex).
If it was Billie, then 2 lies would have been told.
If it was Chris, then 4 lies would have been told.
If it was Drew, then 3 lies would have been told.
If it was Emery, then 3 lies would have been told.
If it was Frankie, then 3 lies would have been told.
Therefore, it can only have been Chris.
Double-Checking
Since it was Chris, there were 14 truths, and 4 lies, for a total of 18 clues.
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