Puzzle 237
If a farmer buys chicken feed for £1.26 per tonne, pig feed for £2.74 per tonne and cattle feed for 78p per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.
How much of each would he have if he had 100 tonnes for £100?
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Answer
5 tonnes of chicken feed, 10 tonnes of pig feed and 85 tonnes of cattle feed.
Puzzle 238
Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.
For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly
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One of the names is MEL.
Answer
demi---- + john = demijohn
---ple + sam = sample
absor---t + ben = absorbent
he---che + ada = headache
sc----r + anne = scanner
----ionaire + bill = billionaire
break---ce + dan = breakdance
monog--- + amy = monogamy
-----incense + frank = frankincense
s---ly + mel = smelly
Puzzle 239
Can you find a five letter word which...
...when written in upper-case, reads the same when turned upside down?
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The word begins with the letter S.
Puzzle 240
What number replaces the question mark?
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In the first box, look at 7 & 3, and 4 & 1, to see how we can use them to make 12.
Answer
4.
Reasoning
For each row, the left minus the right gives a number.
The numbers for the rows are then multiplied together.
In the first box:
7 – 3 = 4
4 – 1 = 3
so 4 x 3 = 12
In the second box:
9 – 2 = 7
8 – 3 = 5
so 7 x 5 = 35
In the last box:
6 – 2 = 4
8 – 7 = 1
so 4 x 1 = 4.
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