Puzzle 129
How much soil is there …
… in a circular hole 2 metres deep and 1 metre across?
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zpof
share
Hint
How much soil is in any hole?
Puzzle 130
In Farmer Donald's hay loft there are a number of ants, mice and chickens.
There are ten times as many ants as there are mice, and there are four times as many mice as there are chickens.
Altogether there are 1,806 feet.
How many chickens are there?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zsbo
share
Hint
Think about the number of legs.
Answer
There are 7 chickens, 28 mice and 280 ants.
Reasoning
For every chicken (2 legs) we have 4 mice (16 legs) and 40 ants (240 legs) = 258 legs.
So we can divide the total number of legs by 258, giving 1,806 ÷ 258 = 7 (chickens).
Puzzle 131
How should these words actually be spelled, without using a dictionary.
bizz-ness
com-it-ee
sin-seer-lee
ark-ee-ollow-jist
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zlui
share
Hint
Be careful with the middle of the last word.
Answer
Business.
Committee.
Sincerely.
Archaeologist.
Puzzle 132
Which pair of letters comes next in this sequence:
on · et · wo · th · re · ef · ou · ?
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zywk
share
Hint
Try removing the spaces.
Answer
rf.
This sequence spells out the numbers onetwothreefourfive etc.
