Hint
Start by looking at the consonants and vowels (AEIOU).
Answer
65 tonnes.
Reasoning
Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 3 and consonants are worth 5, added together and then multiplied by the number of ingots.
IRON = V + C + V + C = 3 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 16, and 7 of these = 7 x 16 = 112 tonnes.
COBALT = C + V + C + V + C + C = 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 26, and 4 of these = 4 x 16 = 104 tonnes.
GOLD = C + V + C + C = 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 18, and 3 of these = 3 x 54 tonnes.
TIN = C + V + C = 5 + 3 + 5 = 13, and 5 of these = 5 x 13 = 65 tonnes.
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Puzzle 7
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
hol rec ant imp fer con
man dif ice pol acq htn
ort myt new air sag duc
dec lig kch ogy ing tan
uit ent gle tal tor ent
Hints
The first letters of the words are: A, C, D, D, I, L, M, N, P, R.
Answers
acq + uit + tal = acquittal
con + duc + tor = conductor
dec + kch + air = deckchair
dif + fer + ent = different
imp + ort + ant = important
lig + htn + ing = lightning
myt + hol + ogy = mythology
new + sag + ent = newsagent
pol + ice + man = policeman
rec + tan + gle = rectangle
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Puzzle 8
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
