Puzzle 561
In the following line, cross out nine letters such that the remaining letters spell a well-known animal.
enilneeplethtaenrst
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Hint
Simply cross out nine letters!
Answer
Elephant.
Cross out the letters 'nine letters' to leave the letters 'elephant'.
Puzzle 562
Can you find a word that begins with the letter R, and with the addition of the letter A...
...gives another word that sounds the same?
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Hint
A 3-letter word becomes a 4-letter word.
Answer
Red.
Reasoning
red + a = read.
Puzzle 563
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 2 2 4 8 11 33 37 148 {?}
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Hint
The sequence involves both adding and multiplying in some way.
Answer
153.
The sequence is created using: +1 x1 +2 x2 +3 x3 +4 x4 +5.
Puzzle 564
A kind old person decided to give 12 sweets to each of the adults in the town, and 8 sweets to each of the children.
Of the 612 people in the town, exactly half of the adults, and exactly three quarters of the children took the sweets.
How many sweets did the kind old person have to buy?
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The number of adults and children doesn't matter.
Answer
3,672.
Reasoning
The actual number of adults and children doesn't actually matter.
If all of the people were adults, then half of them (306) would be given 12 sweets:
306 x 12 = 3672
If all of the people were children, then three quarters of them (459) would be given 8 sweets:
459 x 8 = 3672
If there were 512 adults (so 256 would get 12 sweets = 3072) and 100 children (so 75 would get 8 sweets = 600):
256 x 12 + 75 x 8 = 3672
We can change the numbers of adults and children, but it doesn't change the answer.
The reason for this lies in the fact that 1/2 adults x 12 sweets = 3/4 children x 8 sweets (both are 6).
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