Puzzle 1
Which is larger:
fathoms in a kilometre
hours in a month
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Answer
Hours in a month.
Reasoning
A fathom is 6 feet, which is 1.8288 metres.
So there are 1000 ÷ 1.8288 ≈ 546.8 fathoms in a kilometre.
The shortest month has 28 x 24 hours = 672.
So even the shortest month has more hours than there are fathoms in a kilometre.
Puzzle 3
What comes next in this sequence:
31 · 41 · 51 · 61 · 71 · 81 · 92 · ?
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Hint
Write the numbers without any spaces.
Answer
02.
These are the numbers 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22, but spaced incorrectly.
Puzzle 4
Can you find every occurrence of the word APPLES that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
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Hint
The word APPLES appears 34 times.
Answer
The word APPLES appears 34 times.
