Puzzle 57
Can you scramble each of these 6-letter words, and then split them into two common 3-letter words?
For example: notify = fin toy.
helium
latest
almond
eldest
placed
radium
desert
wealth
tricky
funnel
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helium = hum + lie
latest = let + sat
almond = man + old
eldest = led + set
placed = cap + led
radium = air + mud
desert = red + set
wealth = law + the
tricky = cry + kit
funnel = elf + nun
Alternative Answers
The following answers use less common words.
helium = him + leu
helium = hue + mil
helium = hum + lei
latest = els + tat
almond = don + lam
almond = lam + nod
eldest = eld + set
eldest = els + ted
placed = pec + lad
radium = mud + ria
radium = amu + rid
radium = aid + rum
wealth = awl + the
wealth = haw + let
There are more answers with even rarer words, but I've chosen not to include those.
Puzzle 58
What letter comes next in this sequence:
J · F · M · A · M · J · J · ?
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This is a very common sequence.
Answer
A.
August, from initial letters of the months of the year.
Puzzle 59
Below are safari animals, however, each letter has been replaced by its position in the alphabet, but the spaces between the resulting numbers have been removed.
For example, DOG = 4 15 7 = 4157.
What are the safari animals?
18891415
3181531549125
79181665
38552018
12515161184
89161615
512516811420
2216611215
1291514
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The first letters of the words are: R, C, G, C, L, H, E, B, L.
Answers
18 8 9 14 15 = rhino
3 18 15 3 15 4 9 12 5 = crocodile
7 9 18 1 6 6 5 = giraffe
3 8 5 5 20 1 8 = cheetah
12 5 15 16 1 18 4 = leopard
8 9 16 16 15 = hippo
5 12 5 16 8 1 14 20 = elephant
2 21 6 6 1 12 15 = buffalo
12 9 15 14 = lion
Puzzle 60
Last week, I travelled from Birmingham to Glasgow, the long way round (on a bicycle!).
On day one, I travelled one quarter of the distance.
On day two, I travelled one half of the remaining distance.
On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.
Yesterday I travelled one third of the remaining distance.
I now have 21 miles left to travel.
How far is it from Birmingham to Glasgow in total?
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How many miles were left at the start of yesterday?
Answer
336 miles.
Reasoning
To work these numbers out, it is perhaps easier to start at the end and work backwards.
Yesterday I travelled 1 /3 of the distance to leave 21 miles, therefore there were 31.5 miles (=21 ÷ 2 /3 ) at the start of yesterday.
On day 3 I travelled 3 /4 of the distance to leave 31.5 miles, therefore there were 126 miles (=31.5 ÷ 1 /4 ) at the start of day 3.
On day 2 I travelled 1 /2 of the distance to leave 126 miles, therefore there were 252 miles (=126 ÷ 1 /2 ) at the start of day 2.
On day 1, I travelled 1 /4 of the distance to leave 252 miles, therefore there were 336 miles (=252 ÷ 3 /4 ) at the start of day 1.
Double-Checking
On day one, I travelled one quarter of the distance (84, leaving 252).
On day two, I travelled one half of the remaining distance (126, leaving 126).
On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance (94.5, leaving 31.5).
Yesterday I travelled one third of the remaining distance (10.5).
I now have 21 miles left to travel.
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