Puzzle 17
Can you add two lines to complete this sequence of towers?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.
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Look at the tops of the towers.
Answer
Add the two lines to the second tower from the left to complete the 'X' in the inverted letter sequence U, V, W, X, Y forming the towers' roofs.
Puzzle 18
A coin collector decides to divide his coin collection between his children.
The eldest gets 1 /2 of the collection, the next gets 1 /4 of the collection, the next gets 1 /5 of the collection, and the youngest gets the remaining 49 coins.
How many coins are in the collection?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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What do the fractions add up to?
Answer
There are 980 coins in the collection.
Reasoning
Using fractions:
1 /2 + 1 /4 + 1 /5 = 19 /20
The remaining 1 /20 is 49 coins.
Therefore, the 20 /20 must equal 20 lots of 49 = 980.
Alternative Reasoning
Using percentages:
50% + 25% + 20% = 95%
The remaining 5% is 49 coins.
If 5% is 49 coins, 10% is 98 coins, 100% is 980 coins.
Double-Checking
1 /2 of 980 is 490
1 /4 of 980 is 245
1 /5 of 980 is 196
and the remaining 49 coins.
And 490 + 245 + 196 + 49 = 980.
Puzzle 19
What letter comes next in this sequence:
J · F · M · A · M · J · J · ?
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This is a very common sequence.
Answer
A.
August, from initial letters of the months of the year.
Puzzle 20
What is the 20th prime number?
2, 3, 5, 7, …
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2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, …
Answer
71.
The first twenty prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71.
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