BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 5

During a recent expedition, three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the middle of the desert with only a crate full of apples.

During the night, Alex woke up and decided to hide some of the apples and hid a third, then promptly fell asleep again.

Billie woke up shortly after and also decided to hide a third of the remaining apples and then also dozed back to sleep.

Finally, Charlie woke up and seeing the others were asleep, took a third of what was left.

Of course, none of the adventurers knew of the other's antics, so, in the morning, they shared the remaining apples, each receiving sixteen. How many apples were in the crate originally?

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Puzzle 6

Which is greater?

The number of seconds in a year.
Miles that light can travel in 3 minutes.

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Puzzle 7

Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2x2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.

Letters allowed: D O G D A Y S

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 8

Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, how many ways are there to get to the top right corner and make a total of 10?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.

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