Puzzle 109
Can you find the sum of the second column?
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Answer
14.
Reasoning
The values are: @ = 7, & = 4, $ = 8, # = 3, % = 5.
But …
… you don't have to find the value of every symbol!
The rows add up to 80, which means that the columns must also add up to 80.
24 + ? + 17 + 25 = 80.
? = 14.
Puzzle 111
Which is larger:
seconds in a week
feet in 100 miles
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There are three feet in a yard, and 1,760 yards in a mile.
Answer
Seconds in a week.
Reasoning
There are 60 x 60 x 24 x 7 = 604,800 seconds in a week.
There are 3 x 1760 x 100 = 528,000 feet in 100 miles.
Puzzle 112
Which number, when written as a word, makes this true:
Cleverly, there are exactly ? E's in this sentence.
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Does ONE work, does TWO work? How many E's are there already?
Answer
Twelve.
"Cleverly, there are exactly twelve E's in this sentence."