Puzzle 153
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 2 2 4 8 11 33 37 148 ?
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Hint
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 154
Each empty white square in the grid contains one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, …, 8. Each of the horizontal and vertical equations must be true, and each number must be used exactly once.
Puzzle Copyright © Erich Friedman
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The top-left square contains the 6.
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Puzzle 155
A kind old person decided to give 12 sweets to each of the adults in the town, and 8 sweets to each of the children.
Of the 612 people in the town, exactly half of the adults, and exactly three quarters of the children took the sweets.
How many sweets did the kind old person have to buy?
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Does the number of adults and children matter?
Answer
3,672.
Reasoning
The actual number of adults and children doesn't actually matter.
If all of the people were adults, then half of them (306) would be given 12 sweets:
306 x 12 = 3672
If all of the people were children, then three quarters of them (459) would be given 8 sweets:
459 x 8 = 3672
If there were 512 adults (so 256 would get 12 sweets = 3072) and 100 children (so 75 would get 8 sweets = 600):
256 x 12 + 75 x 8 = 3672
We can change the numbers of adults and children, but it doesn't change the answer.
The reason for this lies in the fact that 1 /2 adults x 12 sweets = 3 /4 children x 8 sweets (both are 6).
Puzzle 156
Which four vegetables have been merged together?
cab swe rpr eed oaa etn
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The first letters of the words are: C, S, P, B. One of the vegetables is another word for rutabaga.
Answer
Carrot, swede, pea, bean.
Swede is another word for rutabaga.
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