Puzzle 17
If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY
What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?
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Hint
Where can the word EASY can be found in the first set of words?
Answer
Hard.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.
Puzzle 18
A farmer buys chicken feed for 47c per tonne, pig feed for $1.23 per tonne and cattle feed for $1.44 per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.
How much of each would they have if they bought 100 tonnes for $100?
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One of the answers is 28 tonnes.
Answer
38 tonnes of chicken feed, 34 tonnes of pig feed and 28 tonnes of cattle feed.
Puzzle 19
Can you find a word which can go in front of each of these words to make a new word?
colour
cress
fall
proof
shed
way
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Hint
The word begins with the letter W.
Answer
Water.
Watercolour, watercress, waterfall, waterproof, watershed, waterway.
Puzzle 20
Which is larger:
square feet in half a square mile
cubic yards in a cubic furlong
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There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.
Answer
Square feet in half a square mile.
Reasoning
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.
A mile is 1760 x 3 = 5280 feet in a mile.
A square mile is 5280 x 5280 = 27878400 square feet.
Therefore, half a square mile = 13,939,200 square feet.
A furlong is 1760 ÷ 8 = 220 yards.
Therefore, a cubic furlong is 220 x 220 x 220 = 10,648,000 cubic yards.
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