Puzzle 337
10
100
1,000
10,000
Which number comes after 10,000?
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Make sure you answer the question asked.
Puzzle 338
Again, my BrainBashers thesaurus has let me down again. This time I was after boy's names and it failed to show the vowels.
What were the boy's names?
rn
jms
kvn
smn
kth
jrmh
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The first answer is Aaron.
Answer
rn = Aaron or Ernie or Ron
jms = James
kvn = Kevin
smn = Simon
kth = Keith
jrmh = Jeremiah
Puzzle 339
Can you find a word that begins with the letter R, and with the addition of the letter A …
… gives another word that sounds the same?
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A 3-letter word becomes a 4-letter word.
Answer
Red.
Reasoning
red + a = read.
Puzzle 340
I have a jar of sweets that contains 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green, and 9 yellow.
What chance do I have of picking a yellow sweet with my eyes shut?
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How many yellow sweets are there, how many sweets in total?
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1 in 25 = 4 percent.
Reasoning
In total, there are 114 + 35 + 67 + 9 = 225 sweets.
There are 9 yellow sweets, so the probability is 9 ÷ 225 = 0.04 = 4% = 1 in 25.