Puzzle 1
If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes …
… how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
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Hint
How many rats can one cat catch in 5 minutes?
Answer
5.
5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes.
So
1 cat can catch 1 rat in 5 minutes.
1 cat can catch 2 rats in 10 minutes.
1 cat can catch 20 rats in 100 minutes.
Therefore
5 cats can catch 100 rats in 100 minutes.
Puzzle 2
What number comes next in the sequence:
11 · 13 · 17 · 31 · 37 · 71 · 73 · 79 · 97 · ?
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A very tricky puzzle involving prime numbers.
Answer
101.
These are prime numbers, which, when reversed, are also prime.
Puzzle 3
Using the new BrainBashers programming language, BrainBasic, the following words have their equivalents next to them, what should FOX be?
CLICK = 100501100K
MILK = 1000150K
LOG = 50OG
LIFE = 501FE
ALIVE = A5015E
FOX = ?
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Hint
In the word LOG, why might the L have be replaced with 50?
Answer
FO10.
Reasoning
If there is a Roman numeral, it is replaced by its modern equivalent.
I = 1
V = 5
X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1000
Double-Checking
CLICK = 100 50 1 100 K
MILK = 1000 1 50 K
LOG = 50 O G
LIFE = 50 1 F E
ALIVE = A 50 1 5 E
FOX = F O 10
Puzzle 4
What letter comes next in this sequence:
J · F · M · A · M · J · J · ?
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Hint
This is a very common sequence.
Answer
A.
August, from initial letters of the months of the year.
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