Puzzle 17
Every year, just before my birthday, I open my money box to see how much money I have saved.
Imagine my surprise when I found exactly £49.58 made up of equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p.
How many of each coin did I find?
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Remember that you have the same number of each coin.
Answer
134 of each coin.
Reasoning
We have equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p, and 20p.
And 2p + 5p + 10p + 20p = 37p.
There are 134 lots of 37p in £49.58.
Double-Checking
134 x 37 = 4958.
Puzzle 19
Can you find a word that begins with the letter I …
… and by the addition of the letter A becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
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The final word starts with AI.
Answer
Isle becomes aisle.
Puzzle 20
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.
Answer
-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?