Puzzle 157
The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem.
Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January 73
February 83
March 51
April 52
May 31
June 42
July 41
August 63
September ?
Using the same rules, how many days are in September?
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Hint
The first digit represents something, the second digit represents something else.
Answer
93.
The first digit is how many letters there are in the word, the second digit is how many vowels (AEIOU) there are.
Puzzle 158
This is a very special sequence and is complete, but what is the missing letter?
T I A V S S A I C ? W I T M L
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Hint
The clue is in the question.
Answer
B.
Reasoning
These are the initial letters of the puzzle itself:
This
is
a
very
special
sequence
and
is
complete
* but
what
is
the
missing
letter
Therefore, B is missing.
Puzzle 159
If:
SAFE + STAY + SOON + SKIP = STOP
then:
PINK + PORE + PUSH + PLOT = ?
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Hint
Where do the letters of STOP occur in SAFE, STAY, SOON, SKIP?
Answer
POST.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.
Puzzle 160
A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally between the pupils.
If there were more than 20, but fewer than 50 pupils, how many sweets did each receive?
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Hint
What numbers divide into 703?
Answer
The 37 pupils each received 19 sweets.
Reasoning
703 can only be broken down into 19 x 37, it has no other factors.