Hint
Try fixing the number of children to see what happens.
Answer
92.
With 149 men and 259 women. The best way is to fix the number of children and play around with the numbers of the men and women to see what happens as these are changed. It soon becomes apparent how changing the children changes the answer and 92 is soon found.
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Puzzle 6
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central V and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
R
E
T
N
R
E
N
I
P
M
A
G
I
Y
I
L
A
A
A
C
C
L
N
A
V
A
C
N
A
R
A
A
A
C
A
H
N
U
R
I
O
U
S
I
L
T
E
D
S
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.
What four-digit number has Digit 1 three smaller than Digit 4, which is one more than Digit 2, which is twice Digit 3, which is one more than one third of Digit 4?
