Puzzle 5
What is the smallest positive integer, which, when multiplied by 6 …
… gives a number consisting of only 8's?
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Hint
Try working backwards.
Answer
148.
148 x 6 = 888.
The easiest way is to divide successive 8's by 6 until you get an integer:
8 ÷ 6 = 1.3333
88 ÷ 6 = 14.666
888 ÷ 6 = 148
Puzzle 6
Below you will find ten common 6-letter words, however, every other letter is missing.
Can you determine the original words?
-s-e-d
-p-a-g
-r-f-r
-y-r-d
-r-f-e
-a-b-n
-a-e-a
-o-d-g
-s-f-l
-i-s-e
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The first word begins with the letter A.
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-s-e-d = ascend
-p-a-g = sprang
-r-f-r = prefer
-y-r-d = hybrid
-r-f-e = trifle
-a-b-n = carbon
-a-e-a = camera
-o-d-g = hotdog
-s-f-l = useful
-i-s-e = tissue
Puzzle 7
The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem.
Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January 73
February 83
March 51
April 52
May 31
June 42
July 41
August 63
September ?
Using the same rules, how many days are in September?
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Hint
The first digit represents something, the second digit represents something else.
Answer
93.
The first digit is how many letters there are in the word, the second digit is how many vowels (AEIOU) there are.
Puzzle 8
My first is in bridge, but not in ridge.
My second is in awake, and in mistake.
My third is in danger, but not in ranger.
My fourth is in strange, and in orange.
My fifth is in spline, and in nine.
My last is in river, and in diver.
My whole likes the darkness.
What am I?
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Hint
The first letter can only be B.
Answer
A badger.
Reasoning
My first is in bridge, but not in ridge = B
My second is in awake, and in mistake = A K E
My third is in danger, but not in ranger = D
My fourth is in strange, and in orange = R A N G E
My fifth is in spline, and in nine = I N E
My last is in river, and in diver = R I V E