Easy Puzzles 

Workings

Hint
The first letters of the words are: R, C, G, C, L, H, E, B, L.

Answers
18-8-9-14-15          = rhino 3-18-15-3-15-4-9-12-5 = crocodile 7-9-18-1-6-6-5        = giraffe 3-8-5-5-20-1-8        = cheetah 12-5-15-16-1-18-4     = leopard 8-9-16-16-15          = hippo 5-12-5-16-8-1-14-20   = elephant 2-21-6-6-1-12-15      = buffalo 12-9-15-14            = lion

Workings

Hint
One of the colours is ORANGE.

Answers
Red, olive, orange, pink, corn, indigo, yellow, blue, brown, black, lime, green, pea, plum, violet.

Many inju[red] animals are invited t[o live] at the 'Toront[o Range]'. Sto[p in K]angaroo [Corn]er and marvel at the lovely creatures with[in. Dig o]ver the potato patch to find small furry caterpillars, but don't [yell! Ow]ls can be found swooping fo[r ed]ible nibbles, earwigs or perhaps [blue]bottles in the undergrowth. The [brown] bear, Ro[b, lack]s grace and can look like a sublime o[gre, en]ter at your own risk! [Pea]cocks can be found showing their colourful [plum]age, which looks fantastic when viewed with our ultra[violet] torch.

Workings

Hint
How many acorns does each find in one hour?

Answer
144 acorns.

Reasoning
Frankie finds 4 acorns every hour, Glenn finds 5 acorns every hour and Alex eats 3 acorns every hour, so the nett total per hour is 4 + 5 – 3 = 6.

Which is 6 x 24 = 144 extra acorns in a day.

Workings

Hint
Try matching the sock colours to the shoe colours first.

Answer
Baba
   Blue socks and Yellow shoes.
Boba
   Yellow socks and Green shoes.
Bilpo
   Green socks and Red shoes.
Babil
   Red socks and Blue shoes.

Reasoning
We had these colours: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green.
We had these clowns: Baba, Boba, Bilpo, Babil.

Let's match sock colours to shoe colours.

By (1) Red socks went with Blue shoes.

By (6) Green socks went with Red shoes.

By (3) Yellows socks must have gone with Green shoes.

Therefore, Blue socks went with Yellow shoes – confirmed with (2).

In summary:
Socks  : Shoes
Red    : Blue
Green  : Red
Yellow : Green
Blue   : Yellow

By (2) Baba had Blue socks and Yellow shoes.

By (4) Boba didn't have Red socks or Red shoes (and Baba had the Blue socks), so must have had Yellow socks and Green shoes.

By (5) Bilpo's shoes were the same colour as Babil's socks – we only have Red & Green socks left, and Blue & Red shoes. Therefore, Babil's socks can only have been Red (with Blue shoes).

Leaving Bilpo with Green socks and Red shoes.

Double-Checking
1. The red socks went with the blue shoes [Babil].

2. Baba had yellow shoes but not yellow socks [had Blue].

3. The clown with green shoes did not have blue socks [had Yellow].

4. Boba had neither red shoes nor red socks [had Green shoes and Yellow socks].

5. Bilpo's shoes were the same colour as Babil's socks [Red].

6. The clown with red shoes had green socks [Bilpo].