Puzzle 1
What comes next in this sequence:
M · N · B · V · C · X · ?
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Answer
Z.
From the bottom row of a typewriter backwards.
Puzzle 2
If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle …
… what is the weight of a bottle and a half?
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Find the weight of the bottle first.
Answer
24 ounces.
The bottle weighs 16 ounces.
Reasoning
As a bottle (B) weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle, we can write this as:
B = 8 + 1/2 x B
1/2 x B = 8
B = 16
As the bottle weighs 16 ounces, a bottle and a half weighs 16 + 8 = 24 ounces.
Puzzle 3
What is made from nothing …
… yet you can see it?
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Think about it carefully.
Answer
A hole, or a shadow.
Puzzle 4
What comes next in this sequence:
jnry · fbrry · mrch · prl · my · jn · ?
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There are twelve items in the full sequence.
Answer
Jly.
From the months with their vowels removed. January, February, March, April, May, June, July.
