Puzzle 5
How many squares, of any size, can be found on a standard chessboard?
How many rectangles, of any size, can be found on a standard chessboard?
Remember when counting the rectangles, that squares are also rectangles.
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How many 8x8 squares are there, what about 7x7.
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204 squares.
1,296 rectangles, which also includes the squares.
Puzzle 6
Can you find a three-letter word that completes these words?
b---
d---
m---et
p---ing
sh---
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One possible answer begins with the letter A.
Answer
ark: bark, dark, market, parking, shark.
or:
ill: bill, dill, millet, pilling, shill.
Puzzle 7
What are the next five letters in this sequence:
HDSOAW
HDHAGF
ATKHAATKM
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From common children's song.
Answer
CPHTA.
From:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
Puzzle 8
On which side of a cup …
… is it best to have the handle?
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It's neither LEFT not RIGHT.
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