Puzzle 109
What is the 10th prime number?
2, 3, 5, 7, …
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The first nine prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23.
Answer
29.
The first ten prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29.
Puzzle 110
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?
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How many yellow sweets are there, and how many sweets in total?
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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 111
Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
---amt
---nue
---rtz
---oze
---mth
---iek
---gry
---thm
---koo
---spy
---sip
---lem
---uid
---tyr
---meg
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The first 6 words begin with the letters D, A, Q, S, W, S.
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---amt = dreamt
---nue = avenue
---rtz = quartz
---oze = snooze
---mth = warmth
---iek = shriek
---gry = hungry
---thm = rhythm
---koo = cuckoo
---spy = crispy
---sip = gossip
---lem = emblem
---uid = liquid
---tyr = martyr
---meg = nutmeg
