Many years ago, befor modern educashun in the new millenium, one problem in skools was baseic speeling and grammer. To conbat this and rays acheivement, teechers were adviced to start at the very begining, at the yungest age. Once they had managed to breath new life into leessons, progres came quickly, sucess was then garanteed. How many speeling errors would modern skolars identify in this passage?
Reasoning
Many years ago, before modern education in the new millennium, one problem in schools was basicspelling and grammar. To combat this and raiseachievement, teachers were advised to start at the very beginning, at the youngest age. Once they had managed to breathe new life into lessons, progress came quickly, success was then guaranteed. How many spelling errors would modern scholars identify in this passage?
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Puzzle 130
My wonderful BrainBashers printer has made a few errors in my latest puzzle.
In each sentence below, one letter in every word has been misprinted.
Can you find the original sentences?
O bord is she land in eorth too is she push.She barly bind watches she warm.I tolling stonk rathers to mops.Thy grans in alwags greeter in thy otter wide.
Answers A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.The early bird catches the worm.A rolling stone gathers no moss.The grass is always greener on the other side.
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Puzzle 131
What shape completes the bottom line?
triangle pentagon square
Hint
Look at the number of sides of each of the shapes.
Answer
Square.
Reasoning
If we add the shape's sides, the total increases by 8, then 10, then 12, etc (2 more each time).
triangle (3) + pentagon (5) + square (4) = 12
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
rbr ent ard man tor rbo
and ban con erf dst dli
fly spa dra dif hai ght
per all fis ove ush hea
new gon fer wat her duc
Hint
The first letters of the words are: W, O, B, H, D, F, C, N, H, D.
Answers
wat + erf + all = waterfall
ove + rbo + ard = overboard
ban + dst + and = bandstand
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
dif + fer + ent = different
fis + her + man = fisherman
con + duc + tor = conductor
new + spa + per = newspaper
hea + dli + ght = headlight
dra + gon + fly = dragonfly
