Puzzle 5
Which number, when written as a word, makes this true:
Cleverly, there are exactly ? E's in this sentence.
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Does ONE work, does TWO work? How many E's are there already?
Answer
Twelve.
"Cleverly, there are exactly twelve E's in this sentence."
Puzzle 6
Can you find three words …
… which contain two consecutive i's.
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The words begin with the letters R, S, T.
Answer
RADII, SKIING, TAXIING.
You could also have GENII.
Puzzle 7
Alex can eat 27 chocolates in an hour, Billie can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Charlie can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to share and eat a large box of 120 chocolates while watching a movie?
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How many chocolates can they eat in one hour?
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2 hours.
Reasoning
In one hour, Alex eats 27 chocolates, Billie eats 12, and Charlie eats 21.
A total of 60 chocolates.
Therefore, 120 chocolates would take 2 hours.
Puzzle 8
Which is larger:
loaves in a dozen baker's dozen
points in the highest snooker break
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There are 13 loaves in a baker's dozen.
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Loaves in a dozen baker's dozen.
Reasoning
A baker's dozen is 13, so a dozen baker's dozen is:
12 x 13 = 156 loaves
There are 15 red balls in snooker, and each of these can be followed by the black ball, and then the colours in order gives:
15 x (1 + 7) + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 147 points
This can rise to 155 if the break follows a foul.
