Puzzle 6
I have a jar of sweets that contains 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green, and 9 yellow.
What chance do I have of picking a yellow sweet with my eyes shut?
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How many yellow sweets are there, how many sweets in total?
Answer
1 in 25 = 4 percent.
Reasoning
In total, there are 114 + 35 + 67 + 9 = 225 sweets.
There are 9 yellow sweets, so the probability is 9 ÷ 225 = 0.04 = 4% = 1 in 25.
Puzzle 7
Someone purchases 1 for 38p, 23 for 76p and 102 for £1.14.
What are they buying?
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3,876 would cost £1.52.
Answer
House numbers at 38p each.
Puzzle 8
Below are seven clues to seven words.
When arranged in the correct order, each word is an anagram of the previous word with a letter removed.
capital of France
snake
long root vegetable
single article
twisted ankle
coarse file
equally
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The answer to 'long root vegetable' is the longest word.
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parsnip = long root vegetable
sprain = twisted ankle
Paris = capital of France
rasp = coarse file
asp = snake
as = equally
a = single article
