Puzzle 497
What kind of room has no windows or doors?
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A mushroom.
Or perhaps elbow room.
Puzzle 498
You've been asked to buy the cakes for the school party and you've been given $100 to buy 100 cakes.
Donuts cost 56c, chocolate eclairs cost $2.26 and iced rolls cost 92c.
How can you spend exactly all of the money on the 100 cakes?
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15 donuts, 10 chocolate eclairs and 75 iced rolls.
15 + 10 + 75 = 100 and 15 x 0.56 + 10 x 2.26 + 75 x 0.92 = 100.00.
Puzzle 499
In my money box, I found $36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters, dimes, and nickels.
How many of each coin did I find?
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Remember that a quarter is 25c, a dime is 10c and a nickel is 5c.
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92 of each coin.
Reasoning
There are an equal number of quarters, dimes and nickels, so we know that the answer must be a multiple of:
25c + 10c + 5c = 40c
and:
3680c ÷ 40c = 92 coins.
Puzzle 500
Jam Making Contest all logic puzzles
At the recent interdepartmental jam making contest, four lucky candidates took part to make the juiciest strawberry jam.
As it happens, the person who came last was the oldest.
Glen was three years older than the person who came second.
Drew was neither the oldest nor the youngest.
Emery finished ahead of the 27-year-old, but didn't win.
Alex was also unlucky this time, and didn't win either.
The ages of the contestants were 24, 27, 30 and 32.
Can you work out who finished where, and how old they were?
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How old was the person in second place?
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# Name Age
1 Drew 30
2 Emery 24
3 Glen 27
4 Alex 32
Reasoning
By (2), because Glen was three years older, the person in 2nd place was either 24 or 27.
But 2nd place can't have been 27, because, by (4), Emery was ahead, but didn't win.
So 2nd place was 24, and Glen was 27.
By (3), Drew could only be 27 or 30, but we now know what Glen was 27, so Drew was 30.
By (1), the person who came last was 32:
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2 24
3
4 32
By (4), the 27-year-old can't have won,
1 Drew 30
2 24
3 Glen 27
4 32
By (4), Emery beat the 27-year-old:
1 Drew 30
2 Emery 24
3 Glen 27
4 32
Leaving Alex in last place.
1 Drew 30
2 Emery 24
3 Glen 27
4 Alex 32
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