Puzzle 13
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
At school, most of my friends learnt French. I learnt Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the area when I grew up.
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The country spans more than one word.
Answer
Chile.
At school, most of my friends learnt FrenCH. I LEarnt Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the area when I grew up.
Puzzle 14
I have a bottle and a straw which cost me 60 pence. The bottle cost 10 pence more than the straw. What does each item cost?
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Answer
The bottle cost 35 pence and the straw cost 25 pence.
Puzzle 15
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e
--ave
-uie-
--gon
p--ot
vi-e-
-ac-t
--met
b--ep
-u-ge
-lan-
-ra-e
bon--
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The 2nd word begins with the letter B.
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a-a-e = amaze (MZ)
--ave = brave (BR)
-uie- = quiet (QT)
--gon = wagon (WA)
p--ot = pivot (IV)
vi-e- = vixen (XN)
-ac-t = yacht (YH)
--met = comet (CO)
b--ep = bleep (LE)
-u-ge = judge (JD)
-lan- = flank (FK)
-ra-e = grape (GP)
bon-- = bonus (US)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 16
Are there more:
… square inches in a piece of carpet 15 yards by 5 yards
or
… feet in a 20-mile walk?
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There are 12 inches in a foot, and 1,760 yards in a mile.
Answer
Feet in a 20-mile walk.
Reasoning
There are 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1,760 yards in a mile:
square inches in a piece of carpet 15 yards by 5 yards
(15 x 3 x 12) x (5 x 3 x 12) = 97,200 square inches.
feet in a 20-mile walk
20 x 1760 x 3 = 105,600 feet.
