Puzzle 197
The Miller next took the company aside and showed them nine sacks of flour that were standing as depicted in the sketch.
"Now, hearken, all and some," said he, "while that I do set ye the riddle of the nine sacks of flour.
And mark ye, my lords, that there be single sacks on the outside, pairs next unto them, and three together in the middle thereof.
By Saint Benedict, it doth so happen that if we do but multiply the pair, 28, by the single one, 7, the answer is 196, which is of a truth the number shown by the sacks in the middle.
Yet it be not true that the other pair, 34, when so multiplied by its neighbour, 5, will also make 196.
Wherefore I do beg you, gentle sirs, so to place anew the nine sacks with as little trouble as possible that each pair when thus multiplied by its single neighbour shall make the number in the middle."
As the Miller has stipulated in effect that as few bags as possible shall be moved, there is only one answer to this puzzle, which everybody should be able to solve.
The Miller's Puzzle, The Canterbury Puzzles, Henry Ernest Dudeney.
Puzzle 198
Which is larger:
inches in a mile
Sundays in a thousand years
Puzzle 199
Below is a map of the BrainBashers detention facility.
There are 9 guards, A to I, who are in charge of a particular number of cells.
The guards only guard cells that they can see in a continuous straight line, either horizontally or vertically, and each cell is only protected by one guard.
The numbers represent how many cells each guard is in charge of, they are of course in charge of the cell they are currently in.
Can you work out which guards are in charge of which cells?
| A-7 | B-7 | |||||
| C-5 | ||||||
| D-1 | ||||||
| E-5 | F-3 | |||||
| G-6 | ||||||
| H-3 | ||||||
| I-12 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 200
My first is in mammoth, but not in elephant.
My second is in raccoon, but not in beaver.
My third is in dobbin, but not in horse.
My fourth is in koala, and in kangaroo.
My fifth is in tiger, but not in lion.
My last is in pony, but not in horse.
What am I?