Puzzle 57
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault, I did a listing of miles from Scotland to particular countries, and here is the result:
England 12,000 miles
Peru 6,000 miles
Egypt 9,000 miles
Iceland 11,000 miles
How far away did it list Ethiopia?
Puzzle 58
Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:
Puzzle 60
If you write all of the numbers from 1 to 100 as words: ONE, TWO, THREE, …, ONE HUNDRED:
Which number is first alphabetically?
Which number is last alphabetically?
Which is the most common letter?
Which is the least common letter, and which number does it appear in?
Which letter is never used?
What is the total number of letters?
Which number is the longest?
How many numbers start with the letter T?
How many numbers contain the letter V?
100 is the first number to contain the letter N, what is the last number before 100 to contain a new letter for the first time?
If we carry on writing, when does the letter A first appear?
If we carry on writing, when does the letter B first appear?
Some questions have more than one answer, can you find them all?