Puzzle 113
Look at the following sentence once, and once only. How many times can you find the letter F?
Furry foxes of far origin often come of age far before scientific study forecasts.
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Answer
There are 10 letter Fs.
Sometimes the F in 'of' aren't always counted.
Puzzle 114
The following words have had their vowels removed, can you find the missing animals?
slth
rcn
mnky
llgtr
lphnt
lnd
gt
br
bbn
cyt
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One of the words is GOAT.
Answer
slth = sloth
rcn = racoon
mnky = monkey
llgtr = alligator
lphnt = elephant
lnd = eland
gt = goat (or agouti)
br = bear (or boar)
bbn = baboon
cyt = coyote
Puzzle 115
My friend's son, Billy, has the same number of brothers as sisters.
His sister, Laura, has twice as many brothers as she has sisters.
How many boys and girls are in the family?
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A little bit of algebra might help.
Answer
There are four boys and three girls.
If we call the number of boys B, and girls G.
From the first statement (we take one off as Billy is a boy):
B - 1 = G
and similarly:
2 x (G - 1) = B
Substitute G from the first equation into the second equation to give:
2 x ((B - 1) - 1) = B
2 x (B - 1) - 2 = B
2 x B - 2 - 2 = B
2 x B - 4 = B
B = 4
which means that B = 4 and hence G = 3.
Puzzle 116
As oou oan oee, oy poinoer oepoacos eoero thord oetoer oito tho leoteo 'o'.
How mony oifoeront oetoero haoe boen oepoacod?
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Hint
Something's wrong with the letter O.
Answer
15.
Reasoning
The sentences should read:
As you can see, my printer replaces every third letter with the letter 'o'.
How many different letters have been replaced?
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