Puzzle 1
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, and the word 'oifoeront' is important to the answer.
Answer
15 different letters: acdefhilmrstvwy.
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?
Puzzle 2
Can you find common anagrams of the following words:
BINARY
ABROAD
RASCAL
ALTARS
BADGER
BARKED
MARBLE
UNABLE
TABLET
CALLER
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Hint
The first letters of the words are: B, A, S, A, B, B, R, N, B, C.
Answer
BINARY = BRAINY
ABROAD = ABOARD
RASCAL = SCALAR
ALTARS = ASTRAL
BADGER = BARGED
BARKED = BRAKED
MARBLE = RAMBLE
UNABLE = NEBULA
TABLET = BATTLE
CALLER = CELLAR or RECALL
There are some less common anagrams such as:
RASCAL = SACRAL
ALTARS = TARSAL
ALTARS = RATALS
ALTARS = TALARS
BADGER = GARBED
BARKED = DEBARK
MARBLE = BLAMER
MARBLE = AMBLER
MARBLE = LAMBER
UNABLE = UNBALE
TABLET = BATTEL
So you can have an extra half point if you found one of these! There are some even rarer anagrams, but I don't think I'll allow those!
Puzzle 3
What is the next number in this sequence:
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · ?
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A very, very easy puzzle?
Puzzle 4
What four-digit number has …
… Digit 2 smaller than Digit 4 which is two thirds of Digit 1 which is two thirds of Digit 3 which is three times Digit 2?
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Hint
Look at Digit 3 first.
Answer
6394.
Reasoning
Labelling the clues:
Digit 2 is smaller than Digit 4
Digit 4 is two thirds of Digit 1
Digit 1 is two thirds of Digit 3
Digit 3 is three times Digit 2
By (3), Digit 3 is divisible by 3:
Digit 3 = 3, 6, 9
By (3), Digit 1 is two thirds of Digit 3:
Digit 1 = 2, 4, 6.
But, by (2), Digit 1 is divisible by 3:
Digit 1 = 6, and Digit 3 = 9.
By (4), Digit 3 is three times Digit 2:
Digit 2 = 3.
By (2), Digit 4 is two thirds of Digit 1:
Digit 4 = 4.
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