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Puzzle 645
Painter Pete did such a good job of the housing estate, he was asked to paint the room numbers on all of the doors of the fourth floor of the local hotel.
Pete painted all of the numbers from 400 to 499.
How many times did he paint the number 4?
Puzzle 646
Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes.
He likes balloons, but does not like parties!
He likes books, but does not like reading!
He likes weeds, but does not like flowers!
He likes swimming, but does not like water!
Does he like towns or villages?
Puzzle 647
Which word in the English language is …
… most often pronounced incorrectly?
Puzzle 648
Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, adding up the numbers along the way, what is the largest sum that can be made?
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.