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?
ely rec ant htn fer ort
ent cer por sin lig ian
lio row use rar lib ive
tfo sca ing ing far eth
som dif est dig imp mho
Hints
The first letters of the words are: D, D, F, I, L, L, P, S, S, S.
Answers
dif + fer + ent = different
dig + est + ive = digestive
far + mho + use = farmhouse
imp + ort + ant = important
lib + rar + ian = librarian
lig + htn + ing = lightning
por + tfo + lio = portfolio
sca + rec + row = scarecrow
sin + cer + ely = sincerely
som + eth + ing = something
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Puzzle 6
At a recent school fayre, 500 people attended and £500 was raised. The prices were as follows:
Fathers £2.00
Mothers £3.00
Children £0.48
More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?
In my collection of classical music, I have a range of pieces that last 6, 7, 8 and 9 minutes.
The piece by Bach lasts 8 minutes, and the CD lasts longer than the piece by Holst. The piece on DAT tape is longer than the piece by Beethoven. The single lasts 7 minutes, and the album does not contain any Holst. The piece by Butler is on the DAT tape.
Can you determine which piece of music is in which format, and how long each lasts?
Answer Composer Format Length
Beethoven album 6
Holst single 7
Bach CD 8
Butler DAT 9
Reasoning
By (1), the piece by Bach lasts 8 minutes. By (3), the single lasts 7 minutes. Composer Format Length
6
single 7
Bach 8
9
By (4), the piece by Butler is on the DAT tape. But, by (2), this can't be the shortest, so it must be 9 minutes long. Composer Format Length
6
single 7
Bach 8
Butler DAT 9
By (1), the CD can't be the shortest, so must be 8 minutes long. Composer Format Length
6
single 7
Bach CD 8
Butler DAT 9
The album must therefore be 6 minutes long, and by (3) doesn't contain any Holst. Composer Format Length
album 6
Holst single 7
Bach CD 8
Butler DAT 9
Which means that the album was the piece by Beethoven. Composer Format Length
Beethoven album 6
Holst single 7
Bach CD 8
Butler DAT 9
