Puzzle 2
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 23 124 1251 26127 128129 ?
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Try removing the spaces from the sequence.
Answer
1301311 or 1210121.
Reasoning
Removing spaces from the original sequence gives:
1 23 124 1251 26127 128129
123124125126127128129
Now adding spaces back in, in the correct place:
123 124 125 126 127 128 129
The next few terms could be:
130 131 132
or
1210 1211 1212
Add these to the end:
123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132
or
123 124 125 126 127 128 129 1210 1211 1212
Remove the spaces again:
123124125126127128129130131132
or
123124125126127128129121012111212
Now break the sequence into chunks of increasing size:
1 23 124 1251 26127 128129 1301311
or
1 23 124 1251 26127 128129 1210121
So the missing term is 1301311 or 1210121.
Puzzle 3
In 1978,
what happened on the 5th of June,
at 34 minutes past 12?
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How can we write this time and date?
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The time and day became:
12:34 5/6/78 (in UK format)
In US format, this happened on the 6th of May.
Puzzle 4
If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY
What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?
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Where can the word EASY can be found in the first set of words?
Answer
Hard.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.