Puzzle 1
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Chile 800 miles
Wales 4,200 miles
France 1,100 miles
Italy 3,400 miles
How far away did it list Scotland as?
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Look at the first and last letters.
Answer
2,300 miles.
Take the alphabetic position of the first and last letters, add them together and multiply by 100. S = 19, D = 4, 19 + 4 = 23, 23 x 100 = 2,300.
Puzzle 3
Starting with BALL, change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAD.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
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There is more than one way of completing this in 4 moves.
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Ball bell hell heal head.
Ball bell hell held head.
Ball hall hell heal head.
Ball hall hell held head.
Puzzle 4
What are the next three digits in this sequence:
7 · 3 · 1 · 8 · 2 · 8 · 5 · 3 · 1 · 5 · 3 · 0 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 4 · 3 · 0 · ? · ? · ?
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Hint
This question involves the months of the year in some way.
Answer
4 3 1.
Reasoning
This is the sequence of the length of the name of the month, and the number of days in that month.
7 3 1 = January, which has 7 letters, and 31 days.
8 2 8 = February, which has 8 letters, and 28 days.
5 3 1 = March, which has 5 letters, and 31 days.
5 3 0 = April, which has 5 letters, and 30 days.
3 3 1 = May, which has 3 letters, and 31 days.
4 3 0 = June, which has 4 letters, and 30 days.
Which means the next three digits are:
4 3 1 = July, which has 4 letters, and 31 days.
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