Reasoning
Take the third letter of the first word
+ the second letter of the second word
+ plus the first letter of the first word
+ plus the fourth letter of the second word.
In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.
The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.
This sentence contains ? X. Slightly trickier, this sentence contains ? R's. Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ? E's. This sentence has exactly ? letters. This sentence, hopefully, contains ? letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's. To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain ? letters!
Hint
Start by counting the letters you're already given.
Answers This sentence contains one X.Slightly trickier, this sentence contains four R's.Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ten E's.This sentence has exactly thirty-nine letters.This sentence, hopefully, contains seventy-five letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's.To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain sixty-two letters!
