Reasoning There are 61 squares of size 1 x 1. There are 37 squares of size 2 x 2. There are 15 squares of size 3 x 3. There are 3 squares of size 4 x 4.
Giving a total of 61 + 37 + 15 + 3 = 116 squares.
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Puzzle 2
Can you complete this grid of letters?
Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letters missing.
The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.
What is the missing word?
I
N
E
R
O
D
Y
L
O
O
A
S
E
A
T
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
The BrainBashers Dictionary of Proverbs is running out of memory.
Below are four proverbs with their vowels missing and the remaining letters are grouped in fours.
dntb tthh ndth tfds y
trth wllt
bslw nchs ngbt slwr nchn gng
thnk frst ndth nspk
Hint
The first words of the proverbs are Do, Truth, Be, and Think.
Answer
Do not bite the hand that feeds you.
Truth will out.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Think first and then speak.
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Puzzle 4
During a recent expedition, three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the middle of the desert with only a crate full of apples.
During the night, Alex woke up and decided to hide some of the apples and hid a third, then promptly fell asleep again.
Billie woke up shortly after and also decided to hide a third of the remaining apples and then also dozed back to sleep.
Finally, Charlie woke up and seeing the others were asleep, took a third of what was left.
Of course, none of the adventurers knew of the other's antics, so, in the morning, they shared the remaining apples, each receiving sixteen. How many apples were in the crate originally?
