Puzzle 5
Starting with any number on the top row, make your way to the bottom, adding the numbers as you go.
Each time you must move to the next row, but you can move either straight down, or one place to the left or right.
What is the highest total you can make? What is the lowest?
| 1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
| 3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| 2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
| 4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
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Hint
The lowest route contains more 2's than the highest route.
Answers
Highest = 24. Lowest = 12.
Highest
Lowest
Puzzle 6
If:
SAFE + STAY + SOON + SKIP = STOP
then:
PINK + PORE + PUSH + PLOT = ?
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Hint
Where do the letters of STOP occur in SAFE, STAY, SOON, SKIP?
Answer
POST.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.
Puzzle 7
The month of March in the year 1980 contained 5 Saturdays and 5 Mondays.
What day of the week was the 15th of March?
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What day of the week was the 1st?
Answer
Saturday.
Reasoning
For a 31-day month, such as March, to have 5 Saturdays and 5 Mondays the 1st must be a Saturday (and the 31st a Monday).
You can then work forwards from the 1st.
Puzzle 8
Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?

The moves of a knight are:
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Hint
A knight moves in the shape of an L, two squares one way, one square the other.
Answer