Can you find at least 10 different colours hidden in the following paragraph? Can you find all 15?
Many injured animals are invited to live at the 'Toronto Range'. Stop in Kangaroo Corner and marvel at the lovely creatures within. Dig over the potato patch to find small furry caterpillars, but don't yell! Owls can be found swooping for edible nibbles, earwigs, or perhaps bluebottles in the undergrowth. The brown bear, Rob, lacks grace and can look like a sublime ogre, enter at your own risk! Peacocks can be found showing their colourful plumage, which looks fantastic when viewed with our ultraviolet torch.
Many inju[red] animals are invited t[o live] at the 'Toront[o Range]'. Sto[p in K]angaroo [Corn]er and marvel at the lovely creatures with[in. Dig o]ver the potato patch to find small furry caterpillars, but don't [yell! Ow]ls can be found swooping fo[r ed]ible nibbles, earwigs or perhaps [blue]bottles in the undergrowth. The [brown] bear, Ro[b, lack]s grace and can look like a sublime o[gre, en]ter at your own risk! [Pea]cocks can be found showing their colourful [plum]age, which looks fantastic when viewed with our ultra[violet] torch.
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Puzzle 6
Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can find one acorn in 12 minutes. As autumn approaches, they both work all day and all night.
However, Alex the Squirrel is eating their collection! It takes Alex 20 minutes to eat an acorn, and Alex eats all day and all night long (and starts on yesterday's acorns).
How many extra acorns will there be at the end of a 24-hour day?
Reasoning
Frankie finds 4 acorns every hour, Glenn finds 5 acorns every hour and Alex eats 3 acorns every hour, so the nett total per hour is 4 + 5 − 3 = 6.
Hint
There are 3 P's, so there are 3 different ways to start the word.
Answer
960.
Reasoning
Given: P P P U U Z Z Z Z Z L L L L E S S.
The order of the Z's is important. For example, we could chose a red one and a green one, so the order they appear in the sign has to be taken into consideration.
There are:
3 different P's that could be chosen.
2 different U's that could be chosen.
5 different Z's that could be chosen.
4 different Z's that could be chosen, as one has already been chosen.
4 different L's that could be chosen.
1 E that could be chosen.
2 different S's that could be chosen.
So there are 3 x 2 x 5 x 4 x 4 x 1 x 2 = 960 different ways to make the sign.
