Puzzle 1
What four-digit number has Digit 1 three smaller than Digit 4, which is one more than Digit 2, which is twice Digit 3, which is one more than one third of Digit 4?
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Hint
What can digit 4 be?
Answer
6849.
Reasoning
Digit 4 must be a multiple of 3:
---3
---6
---9
Digit 3 is one more than Digit 9 ÷ 3:
--23
--36
--49
Digit 2 is twice Digit 3:
-423
-636
-849
But Digit 4 is one more than Digit 2, which only leaves:
-849
And Digit 1 is three smaller than Digit 4:
6849.
Puzzle 2
Each of these words can have the same letter placed at the beginning and the end to form a new (common) word.
For example, -LIT- becomes ELITE by adding an E at both ends.
What are the new words?
-eve-
-able-
-carve-
-as-
-on-
-ode-
-elude-
-ape-
-ate-
-rod-
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Hint
One of the words starts and ends with T.
Answers
eve = level
able = tablet
carve = scarves
as = ease, hash, sass
on = gong, sons
ode = codec, modem
elude = deluded
ape = lapel
ate = dated, rater
rod = erode
Puzzle 3
This is a very special sequence and is complete, but what is the missing letter?
T · I · A · V · S · S · A · I · C · ? · W · I · T · M · L
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Hint
The clue is in the question.
Answer
B.
Reasoning
These are the initial letters of the puzzle itself:
T his
i s
a
v ery
s pecial
s equence
a nd
i s
c omplete
* b ut
w hat
i s
t he
m issing
l etter
Therefore, B is missing.
Puzzle 4
What letter is missing from this sequence:
A · B · G · D · E · ? · E
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Hint
This is quite a common alphabet.
Answer
Z.
From Zeta, first letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta.
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