Puzzle 5
Would you believe that this amazing sentence contains ninety two letters, one comma and a single question mark?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zqml
share
Hint
The question is a true statement.
Answer
This is not really a puzzle, merely a curious piece of text.
Puzzle 7
I have a jar of sweets that contains 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green, and 9 yellow.
What chance do I have of picking a yellow sweet with my eyes shut?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zuqw
share
Hint
How many yellow sweets are there, and how many sweets in total?
Answer
9 in 225 = 1 in 25 = 4 percent.
Reasoning
In total, there are 114 + 35 + 67 + 9 = 225 sweets.
There are 9 yellow sweets, so the probability is 9 ÷ 225 = 0.04 = 4% = 1 in 25.
Puzzle 8
Can you find every occurrence of the word LEMON that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zyag
share
Hint
The word LEMON appears 47 times.
Answer
The word LEMON appears 47 times.
