Easy Puzzles 

Workings

Hint
Start by looking (2).

Answer
Ashley crossed first.

They crossed in the following order (first is on the right):

Alex, Sam, Quinn, Riley, Chris, Billie, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, Ashley.

Reasoning
Starting with (2), we can place Ray, Emery, Logan, and Riley as follows:

   Riley, -, -, Logan, -, Emery, -, Ray, -

(6) tells us that Taylor got on just after Emery, giving us:

   Riley, -, -, Logan, Taylor, Emery, -, Ray, -

(5) tells us that Jessie got on two people before Taylor, giving us:

   Riley, -, -, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, -

By (1), Chris got on two people after Logan, giving us:

   Riley, Chris, -, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, -

And (1) also tells us about Sam, giving:

   Sam, -, Riley, Chris, -, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, -

We now have a line of 11 people, the missing person is either in front of Ray, or behind Sam.

The only way to place Alex, Quinn, and Billie using (3) and (4) is if the missing person is behind Sam giving:

   -, Sam, -, Riley, Chris, -, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, -

And therefore we can now place Alex, Quinn, and Billie as follows:

   Alex, Sam, Quinn, Riley, Chris, Billie, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, -

But who crossed first?

The only person we've not yet found a space for is Ashley. So Ashley crossed first.

   Alex, Sam, Quinn, Riley, Chris, Billie, Logan, Taylor, Emery, Jessie, Ray, Ashley.

Workings

Hint
What do the fractions add up to?

Answer
There are 980 coins in the collection.

Reasoning
Using fractions:

   ¹/₂ + ¹/₄ + ¹/₅ = ¹⁹/₂₀

The remaining ¹/₂₀ is 49 coins.

Therefore, the ²⁰/₂₀ must equal 20 lots of 49 = 980.

Alternative Reasoning
Using percentages:

   50% + 25% + 20% = 95%

The remaining 5% is 49 coins.

If 5% is 49 coins, 10% is 98 coins, 100% is 980 coins.

Double-Checking
¹/₂ of 980 is 490
¹/₄ of 980 is 245
¹/₅ of 980 is 196
and the remaining 49 coins.

And 490 + 245 + 196 + 49 = 980.

Workings

Hint
# is worth 3.

Answer
14.

Reasoning
The values are: @ = 7, & = 4, $ = 8, # = 3, % = 5.

But …

… you don't have to find the value of every symbol!

The rows add up to 80, which means that the columns must also add up to 80.

24 + ? + 17 + 25 = 80.

? = 14.

Workings

Hint
The country spans more than one word.

Answer
Finland.

After many years studying in the field of astrophysics, the bofFIN LANDed a plum job with the National Space Agency, where he became a leading figure in the area of quasars.