Puzzle 1
What do you get if …
… you add 2 to 200 four times?
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Try it once, and then try it again.
Answer
You get 202 each time!
Puzzle 2
What number replaces the question mark?
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Hint
In the first box, look at 7 & 3, and 4 & 1, to see how we can use them to make 12.
Answer
4.
Reasoning
For each row, the left minus the right gives a number.
The numbers for the rows are then multiplied together.
In the first box:
7 – 3 = 4
4 – 1 = 3
so 4 x 3 = 12
In the second box:
9 – 2 = 7
8 – 3 = 5
so 7 x 5 = 35
In the last box:
6 – 2 = 4
8 – 7 = 1
so 4 x 1 = 4.
Puzzle 3
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
As managers, we deny all involvement in the unscrupulous dealings that have come to light in the recent interdepartmental investigation.
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The country spans more than one word.
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Sweden.
As managerS, WE DENy all involvement in the unscrupulous dealings that have come to light in the recent interdepartmental investigation.
Puzzle 4
Last night, I was looking at a road sign and could see that Leeds was 13 miles away, Stoke was 13 miles away and Leek was 10 miles away.
Unfortunately, it was too dark to see how far it was to Manchester. Can you help me?
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Each vowel (AEIOU) counts as 2 miles.
Answer
27 miles.
Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 2 miles and consonants are worth 3 miles.