Puzzle 57
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.
Puzzle 59
Can you find a word that can suffix (go after) each of these letters:
re
deva
rein
over
inter
under
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Hint
The missing word is five letters long.
Answer
State.
restate
devastate
reinstate
overstate
interstate
understate.
Puzzle 60
If four kittens can catch four toys in four minutes …
… how many toys can twelve kittens catch in twelve minutes?
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How many toys can one kitten catch in twelve minutes?
Answer
36 toys.
Reasoning
Four kittens can catch four toys in four minutes,
so, one kitten can catch one toy in four minutes,
so, one kitten can catch three toys in twelve minutes,
so, twelve kittens can catch 36 toys in twelve minutes.
