Puzzle 1
Which is larger:
seconds in a day
hours in 10 years
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Hint
Do leap years make a difference?
Answer
Hours in 10 years.
Reasoning
In a day, there are 60 x 60 x 24 seconds = 86,400 seconds.
In 10 years, there are 10 x 365 x 24 hours = 87,600 hours, which even without the leap years is already the larger number.
Puzzle 2
What number comes next in this sequence:
986888
724864
143224
==??==
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Hint
The answer involves multiplication (for example, 9 x 8 = 72).
Answer
468.
Reasoning
If we split each line in the following way:
98 68 88
72 48 64
14 32 24
Each new line is generated by multiplying the digits two at a time and writing the result below.
For example, 9 x 8 = 72, so 72 appears directly below 98.
And 7 x 2 = 14, so 14 appears directly below 72.
Double-Checking
9 x 8 = 72, 7 x 2 = 14, 1 x 4 = 4.
6 x 8 = 48, 4 x 8 = 32, 3 x 2 = 6.
8 x 8 = 64, 6 x 4 = 24, 2 x 4 = 8.
Puzzle 3
I am a nine-letter word (123456789).
From 6523 grows a plant.
I 689, I 689, I 689, it's no joke.
751 rhymes with you.
421 rhymes too!
What am I?
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Hint
Each number in the poem indicates which letter of the answer is being used.
Answer
Wednesday.
Reasoning
Each number in the poem indicates which letter of the answer is being used.
6523 = seed
689 = say
751 = dew
421 = new
Therefore, '751 rhymes with you' is read as 'dew rhymes with you'.
Puzzle 4
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
| 2R |
2R |
4D |
2D |
1R |
2D |
E |
| 2R |
1U |
3R |
2D |
1U |
4L |
3L |
| 1U |
1R |
4R |
2D |
1U |
2D |
2U |
| 3U |
5R |
2D |
3L |
1U |
3L |
2U |
| 2D |
2U |
2L |
2L |
1U |
2D |
1D |
| 3U |
2R |
1D |
2R |
1U |
2U |
6L |
| 6R |
3U |
2R |
2L |
1U |
2L |
2U |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.
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Hint
Start on any square, and see how far you can get.
Answer
Start from the 2R on the sixth row down and the second column across.