Puzzle 57
Below you can find a proverb where the letters have been converted to their location in the alphabet, and spaces have been added.
For example: CAT = 3 + 1 + 20 = 3 1 2 0
1 2 1 2 1 7 8 2 0 5 1 8 9 1 9 2 0 8 5 2 5 1 9 2 0 1 3 5 4 9 3 9 1 4 5
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Hint
The first letter is 12 = L.
Answer
Laughter is the best medicine.
Reasoning
Laughter = 12 + 1 + 21 + 7 + 8 + 20 + 5 + 18
is = 9 + 19
the = 20 + 8 + 5
best = 2 + 5 + 19 + 20
medicine = 13 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 3 + 9 + 14 + 5.
Puzzle 58
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you find the 10 words?
tin som mea and all ple
sca eth ile rbr man ssl
pol rec hai yes gra wat
ing ter ice eap erf ate
nwh pin obs ush row day
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One of the words is waterfall (wat + erf + all).
Answers
som + eth + ing = something
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
gra + ssl + and = grassland
pin + eap + ple = pineapple
pol + ice + man = policeman
mea + nwh + ile = meanwhile
wat + erf + all = waterfall
sca + rec + row = scarecrow
yes + ter + day = yesterday
obs + tin + ate = obstinate
Puzzle 59
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
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How many 2 x 2 squares are there?
Answer
There are 93 squares without a rook.
Reasoning
There are 60 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 33 squares of size 2 x 2.
Giving a total of 60 + 33 = 93 squares.
Puzzle 60
If …
7 /28 of 64 is 16,
and 9 /12 of 100 is 75,
and 3 /9 of 33 is 11,
what is 5 /15 of 45?
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This puzzle is perhaps easier than it first appears.
Answer
15.
Using normal mathematics!
5 /15 of 45 = 1 /3 of 45 = 15.
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