Puzzle 57
What are the next three digits in this sequence:
7 · 3 · 1 · 8 · 2 · 8 · 5 · 3 · 1 · 5 · 3 · 0 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 4 · 3 · 0 · ? · ? · ?
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Hint
This question involves the months of the year in some way.
Answer
4 3 1.
Reasoning
This is the sequence of the length of the name of the month, and the number of days in that month.
7 3 1 = January, which has 7 letters, and 31 days.
8 2 8 = February, which has 8 letters, and 28 days.
5 3 1 = March, which has 5 letters, and 31 days.
5 3 0 = April, which has 5 letters, and 30 days.
3 3 1 = May, which has 3 letters, and 31 days.
4 3 0 = June, which has 4 letters, and 30 days.
Which means the next three digits are:
4 3 1 = July, which has 4 letters, and 31 days.
Puzzle 58
I travelled from London to Glasgow last week at 60 miles per hour, I had filled my petrol tank just before I left, so it was full with 25 gallons.
Unfortunately, my petrol tank sprang a leak immediately, and I only managed to drive 300 miles before I ran out of petrol.
My car does 30 miles per gallon, how fast was I losing petrol through the hole?
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How much petrol was used for the journey itself?
Answer
3 gallons each hour.
Reasoning
I drove 300 miles at 30 miles per gallon, so I used 10 gallons. Which means I lost the other 15 gallons.
I drove the 300 miles at 60mph, which took me 5 hours.
So I lost 15 gallons of petrol in 5 hours = 3 gallons per hour.
Puzzle 59
Place the following words into the grid:
MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO
Jupiter is NOT in the list.
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Neptune is written diagonally.
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Puzzle 60
Can you find a word that begins with the letter I …
… and by the addition of the letter A becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
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The final word starts with AI.
Answer
Isle becomes aisle.