Hint
Do the words make any sense when read another way?
Answer
Ram.
These are the first three letters of the months in reverse order.
Therefore, RAM are the first three letters of March.
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Puzzle 14
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Chile 800 miles
Wales 4,200 miles
France 1,100 miles
Italy 3,400 miles
Answer
There were 17 children, with 11 sweets each.
Reasoning
If we number the clues: each child had more than one sweetthere were more children than there were sweets per child
187 only has the factors 1, 11, 17, 187. Therefore, the only possible answers are:
1 child, with 187 sweets each, which is not allowed by (2)
11 children, with 17 sweets each, which is not allowed by (2)
17 children, with 11 sweets each (*)
187 children, with 1 sweet each, which is not allowed by (1)
