Puzzle 1
Can you unscramble these animal anagrams?
the plane
cool dicer
argon oak
fig fear
soon richer
zip hem cane
trio toes
popout mishap
upper coin
tartan leeks
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Hints
The first letters of the animals are: E, C, K, G, R, C, T, H, P, R.
Answers
elephant
crocodile
kangaroo
giraffe
rhinoceros
chimpanzee
tortoise
hippopotamus
porcupine
rattlesnake
Puzzle 2
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E .
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
6R
4R
3D
2D
2L
2L
2D
2D
1U
4R
4D
3L
2L
2L
1U
1R
3R
3L
2U
E
2D
1R
1U
3R
1D
2D
1L
3L
4U
1L
3U
2D
2U
3U
2D
1D
1U
1D
3L
2R
3L
2U
1R
1U
2U
2R
2U
1U
2L
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.
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Hint
Start on any square, and see how far you can get.
Answer
Start from the 3U on the 5th row down and the 6th column across.
Puzzle 3
At the local BrainBashers Sunday School meeting, the teacher brought in some puppies.
There were 20 more children than puppies.
In the corner of the room, within the ant nest, the number of ants was 10 times the number of children.
In total, including the teacher, the children, the puppies, and the ants, there were 1440 legs in the room.
How many children attended?
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Hint
Work out the total number of legs.
Answer
23 children (46 legs).
With 230 ants (1380 legs), 3 puppies (12 legs), and 1 teacher (2 legs).
If we call the number of puppies P, then there were (P + 20) children and 10 x (P + 20) ants, and a single teacher. If we now count the legs, we get:
Puppies:
P x 4 = 4P
Children:
(P + 20) x 2 = 2P + 40
Ants:
10 x (P + 20) x 6 = 60P + 1200
Teacher: 2
A total of 66P + 1242
Giving:
66P + 1242 = 1440
66P = 198
P = 3
So there were 3 puppies, hence 23 children.
Puzzle 4
Which month comes next in this sequence:
July · June · March · May · ?
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Hint
Look at the first letters.
Answer
November.
This is the next month in alphabetical order:
April, August, December, February, January, July, June, March, May, November , October, September.
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