Puzzle 153
At a recent BrainBashers party, I noted the ages of the children who attended.
Billie was 3, James and Keith were 4, Frankie and Rebecca were 5.
How old was Lara?
Puzzle 154
Place JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, into the grid. The sequence will snake around, but cannot go diagonally, nor cross itself.
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Puzzle 155
You've been asked to buy the cakes for the school party and you've been given $100 to buy 100 cakes.
Donuts cost 56c, chocolate eclairs cost $2.26 and iced rolls cost 92c.
How can you spend exactly all of the money on the 100 cakes?
Puzzle 156
Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26.
Can you find any common 6-letter words that have a total over 115?
For example, WIZARD = 23 + 9 + 26 + 1 + 18 + 4 = 81.