In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.
The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.
This sentence contains ? X. Slightly trickier, this sentence contains ? R's. Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ? E's. This sentence has exactly ? letters. This sentence, hopefully, contains ? letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's. To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain ? letters!
Hint
Start by counting the letters you're already given.
Answers This sentence contains one X.Slightly trickier, this sentence contains four R's.Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ten E's.This sentence has exactly thirty-nine letters.This sentence, hopefully, contains seventy-five letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's.To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain sixty-two letters!
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Puzzle 198
Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence:
A popular newspaper printed part of a page that pointed out that port officials use a pencil, not a pen, when they prepare paper updates to their port reports.
A popular newspaper printed part of a page that pointed out that port officials use a pencil, not a pen, when they prepare paPER Updates to their port reports.
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Puzzle 199
The river Pregel ran through the town of Konigsberg. In the river were two islands, connected to each other and the rest of the city by seven bridges.
The residents of Konigsberg challenged each other to walk through the city, and cross each of the seven bridges exactly once.
Can you find a path that they might have taken?
This is the 'Seven Bridges of Konigsberg' puzzle, tackled by Leonhard Euler in 1736.
