Puzzle 1
Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, how many ways are there to get to the top right corner and make a total of 10?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
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Hint
You can only go up, or right.
Answer
6.
With U = Up, and R = Right, you can move in the following ways:
UURR
URUR
URRU
RUUR
RURU
RRUU
Puzzle 2
How should this word be pronounced:
GHOTI
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Break the word down in this way: GH-O-TI.
Answer
Fish!
Reasoning
The GH as in ENOUGH = F.
The O as in WOMEN = I.
The TI as in MOTION = SH.
Puzzle 4
What is the smallest positive integer, which, when multiplied by 6 …
… gives a number consisting of only 8's?
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Hint
Try working backwards.
Answer
148.
148 x 6 = 888.
The easiest way is to divide successive 8's by 6 until you get an integer:
8 ÷ 6 = 1.3333
88 ÷ 6 = 14.666
888 ÷ 6 = 148
