Puzzle 153
This year, Farmer Stone's harvest of apples was quite significant.
He decided to donate some apples to the local community, 1,672 people in all.
Every person aged 50 or more received 16 apples, and every person under 50 received 96 apples.
Only 3/4 of the over 50s collected their apples, and only 1/8 of the under 50s collected theirs.
How many apples did the farmer give away?
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Try a random number of over 50s to see what happens.
Answer
20,064 apples.
Reasoning
It doesn't matter how old the people are.
As only 3/4 of the over 50s claimed 16 apples, this averages out to 12 apples each.
Similarly, only 1/8 of the under 50s claimed 96 apples, this again averages out to be 12 apples each.
Therefore, the total number of apples was 1,672 x 12 = 20,064.
Puzzle 154
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
-e-er
--eue
--o
ma-
-p-a-e-
-erso-
---k-am-on
-ouse
-a-
-ur-
---igent
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The first word begins with the letter F.
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-e-er = fever (FV)
--eue = queue (QU)
--o = zoo (ZO)
ma- = mat (T)
-p-a-e- = speaker (SEKR)
-erso- = person (PN)
---k-am-on = backgammon (BACGM)
-ouse = house (H)
-a- = wax (WX)
-ur- = jury (JY)
---igent = diligent (DIL)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 156
What starts with an E, ends with an E …
… and usually contains only one letter?
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The answer is an 8-letter word.
