Puzzle 197
In this long division, each number has been replaced by another. The answer has also been removed. Can you determine the answer?
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75 | 796767
791
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57
30
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86
82
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47
47
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9
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Answer
6423 = 109,191 ÷ 17.
The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 have been replaced by 7, 1, 8, 2, 4, 3, 5, 0, 6, 9 respectively.
Puzzle 198
If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have.
However, if you give me seven apples, we will then both have the same number of apples.
How many apples do I currently have?
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A little algebra might help.
Answer
I have 14 apples, and you have 28 apples.
Reasoning
We can work this out with a little algebra. I have A apples, and you have B apples, then
[1] 5 x (A − 7) = B + 7
[2] A + 7 = B − 7
From [1] we have:
5A − 35 = B + 7
[3] 5A = B + 42
From [2] we have:
[4] A + 14 = B
We can then use [4] in [3] to give:
5A = (A + 14) + 42
5A = A + 56
4A = 56
A = 14
Which gives B = 28 (by [4]).
Puzzle 199
Which is larger:
days in a year
bones in an adult human body
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Adults have fewer bones than children.
Answer
Days in a year.
There are usually around 206 bones in an adult human body, and 365 or 366 days in a year.
Puzzle 200
Which letter comes next in this sequence:
A · K · Q · J · ?
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This is quite a common list.
Answer
T.
The first letters of playing cards in descending order of value.
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