Puzzle 5
Starting with WARM, change one letter at a time, and end with COOL?
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.
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One answer changes Warm to Worm.
Answer
WARM, WORM, WORK, CORK, COOK, COOL
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WARM, WORM, WORD, WOOD, WOOL, COOL.
Puzzle 6
Starting with BALL, change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAD.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
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There is more than one way of completing this in 4 moves.
Answer
Ball bell hell heal head.
Ball bell hell held head.
Ball hall hell heal head.
Ball hall hell held head.
Puzzle 7
Below you can find a proverb.
The letters have been converted to their location in the alphabet.
For example: CAT = 3 + 1 + 20 = 3 1 2 0
1 2 1 2 1 7 8 2 0 5 1 8 9 1 9 2 0 8 5 2 5 1 9 2 0 1 3 5 4 9 3 9 1 4 5
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The first letter is 12 = L.
Answer
Laughter is the best medicine.
Reasoning
Laughter = 12 + 1 + 21 + 7 + 8 + 20 + 5 + 18
is = 9 + 19
the = 20 + 8 + 5
best = 2 + 5 + 19 + 20
medicine = 13 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 3 + 9 + 14 + 5.
Puzzle 8
How many squares, of any size, can be found on a standard chessboard?
How many rectangles, of any size, can be found on a standard chessboard?
Remember when counting the rectangles, that squares are also rectangles.
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How many 8x8 squares are there, what about 7x7.
Answers
204 squares.
1,296 rectangles, which also includes the squares.
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