Puzzle 109
Can you find three consecutive odd numbers that …
… total 7,644,585 when multiplied together?
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Try starting with the cube root of the number.
Answer
195 x 197 x 199.
Reasoning
Since we're after three numbers that multiply together, a good place to start is the cube root of 7,644,585, which is roughly 196.99.
Let's try dividing by the closest odd number to 196.99:
7644585 ÷ 197 = 38805
We're now after whole divisors of 38,805, so trying either odd number either side of 197 might work.
Trying either 195 or 199 gives the answer.
Double-Checking
195 x 197 x 199 = 7,644,585
Note
Trying the closest odd number to the cube root always works, and the other two numbers are the odd numbers either side.
Puzzle 110
Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes.
He likes balloons, but does not like parties!
He likes books, but does not like reading!
He likes weeds, but does not like flowers!
He likes swimming, but does not like water!
Does he like towns or villages?
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Jake also likes skiing.
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Villages.
He only likes words that contain a double letter.
Puzzle 111
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 2 2 4 8 11 33 37 148 ?
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The sequence involves both adding and multiplying in some way.
Answer
153.
The sequence is created using: +1 x1 +2 x2 +3 x3 +4 x4 +5.
Puzzle 112
Disastrous Dave was washing windows on a multi-storey office building when he took a fall off a fifty foot ladder, directly onto the concrete pavement below.
Amazingly, Dave didn't get hurt at all.
How can this be possible?
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Where was Dave standing when he fell?
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Dave fell off the very bottom rung of the ladder!
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