Puzzle 5
In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a number of birds.
A local bird spotter knows that there are as many birds on each tree as there are trees in the wood, and that there are between 2,000 and 2,100 birds in total.
How many trees are there in the wood?
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The answer involves a square number.
Answer
45 trees.
Reasoning
We are after a number whose square lies between 2,000 and 2,100.
45 is the only possible number.
Puzzle 6
What well known saying is expressed here:
Refrain from enumerating your owned domestic fowl while their hard, porous calcium containers are undamaged.
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Don't count your chickens until they're hatched.
Puzzle 7
What animal comes next in this sequence:
dog · rooster · monkey · sheep · horse · snake · ?
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Dragon.
From the Chinese calendar in reverse order.
Puzzle 8
What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?
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Try this with a real board.
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5 queens are required.
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