Puzzle 61
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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Answer
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 62
Can you add two lines to complete this sequence of towers?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.
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Look at the tops of the towers.
Answer
Add the two lines to the second tower from the left to complete the 'X' in the inverted letter sequence U, V, W, X, Y forming the towers' roofs.
Puzzle 63
Which is longer:
250 centimetres
8 feet
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There are 2.54cm in an inch.
Answer
250 centimetres.
Reasoning
One inch = 2.54cm.
And 1 foot = 12 inches = 30.48cm.
So, 8 feet = 243.84cm.
Puzzle 64
At a picnic recently, I noticed that:
Charles liked biscuits, but didn't like custard.
Mary liked quiche, but didn't like marshmallows.
Brian liked apples, but didn't like biscuits.
James liked chocolate, but didn't like jelly.
Did David like doughnuts?
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Ellen liked shrimp, but didn't like eels.
Answer
No.
None of them liked food that started with the same letter as their name.
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