Puzzle 198
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
Puzzle 199
Starting with any number on the top row, make your way to the bottom, adding the numbers as you go.
Each time you must move to the next row, but you can move either straight down, or one place to the left or right.
What is the highest total you can make? What is the lowest?
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 200
If you write all of the numbers from 1 to 100 as words: ONE, TWO, THREE, …, ONE HUNDRED:
Which number is first alphabetically?
Which number is last alphabetically?
Which is the most common letter?
Which is the least common letter, and which number does it appear in?
Which letter is never used?
What is the total number of letters?
Which number is the longest?
How many numbers start with the letter T?
How many numbers contain the letter V?
100 is the first number to contain the letter N, what is the last number before 100 to contain a new letter for the first time?
If we carry on writing, when does the letter A first appear?
If we carry on writing, when does the letter B first appear?
Some questions have more than one answer, can you find them all?