Puzzle 201
During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a binary code contest took place.
The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation.
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet. The resulting code was then blocked in groups of five digits.
Can you find 10 girl's names?
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001, z=11010
11001 11000 11001 01110 01
10001 11101 11011 000
11001 10101 10010 10111 10
11101 00111 11111 10010 1
11101 11110 1001
10010 11110 00101 1100
10101 11110 01010 01111 0
11010 11001 00101 01110 01
10011 11110 10010 0101
10010 11110 10011 00111 01
Puzzle 202
Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:
Puzzle 203
Hidden in these sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 (in words).
A number might appear in more than one sentence, and they might not be in order, but there is only one way to use all of the sentences and find all ten numbers.
The robins love hiding amongst the smooth reeds.
It's always worth looking after your friends, even if they've upset you.
Even heavyweight boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold.
To avoid the cliff, I veered sharply to the left.
The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box.
Having salmon every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while.
The attendance at the local football match exceeded last week's by many thousands.
We need to waterproof our boots to make sure we don't get wet.
Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively.
The orchestra sounded magnificent with the three virtuosi xylophonists.