Puzzle 109
The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem.
Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January 73
February 83
March 51
April 52
May 31
June 42
July 41
August 63
September ?
Using the same rules, how many days are in September?
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Hint
The first digit represents something, the second digit represents something else.
Answer
93.
The first digit is how many letters there are in the word, the second digit is how many vowels (AEIOU) there are.
Puzzle 110
Here is a curious grid! The sums of the shapes are shown at the end of each row, and at the bottom of each column.
What is the missing sum, and what is each shape worth?
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Look at the first and third columns first.
Answer
The missing sum is 40.
Circle = 12
Star = 3
Square = 7
Triangle = 9
Reasoning
Looking at Column 1 and Column 3 we have:
[1] Square + Star + Circle + Square = 29
[2] Square + Square + Triangle + Star = 26
If we subtract [1] – [2] we get:
[3] Circle – Triangle = 3
And Row 3 is:
[4] Circle + Circle + Triangle + Circle = 45
If we add [3] + [4] we get:
Circle + Circle + Circle + Circle = 48
So, Circle = 12 .
Using [3] we find that Triangle = 9 .
Using Column 2 we find that Star = 3 .
Using Row 1 we find that Square = 7 .
Double-Checking
The rows add to: 35 + 26 + 45 + 25 = 131.
The columns add to: 29 + 36 + 26 + 40 = 131.
The rows and columns must add to the same number, so this could have been used a shortcut to the missing sum.
In total, there are:
5 Squares = 5 x 7 = 35
5 Circles = 5 x 12 = 60
3 Stars = 3 x 3 = 9
3 Triangles = 3 x 9 = 27
Which is also a total of 131.
So all of the totals are the same, as expected.
Puzzle 111
What word most logically goes in the brackets:
EASY [HEAD] HARD
OOZE [----] FACT
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Hint
The question contains the answer.
Answer
FOOT.
Take the first letter of the second word
+ the first letter of the first word
+ the second letter of the first word
+ the last letter of the second word.
Double-Checking
23-- [1234] 1--4
EA-- [HEAD] H--D
OO-- [FOOT] F--T
Puzzle 112
How can you throw a ball such that it comes back?
No bounces are involved!
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Throw it up into the air!
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