Puzzle 13
Can you find the encoded countries?
The letter indicates the first letter of the country, and the number represents the number of letters in the country.
H5
V9
D7
J7
F6
N6
P4
Z8
R7
Q5
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For example, E7 would be England.
Answers
H5 = Haiti
V9 = Venezuela
D7 = Denmark
J7 = Jamaica
F6 = France
N6 = Norway
P4 = Peru
Z8 = Zimbabwe
R7 = Romania
Q5 = Qatar
Puzzle 14
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?
rbr ent ard man tor rbo
and ban con erf dst dli
fly spa dra dif hai ght
per all fis ove ush hea
new gon fer wat her duc
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The first letters of the words are: W, O, B, H, D, F, C, N, H, D.
Answers
wat + erf + all = waterfall
ove + rbo + ard = overboard
ban + dst + and = bandstand
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
dif + fer + ent = different
fis + her + man = fisherman
con + duc + tor = conductor
new + spa + per = newspaper
hea + dli + ght = headlight
dra + gon + fly = dragonfly
Puzzle 15
Every year, just before my birthday, I open my money box to see how much money I have saved.
Imagine my surprise when I found exactly £49.58 made up of equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p.
How many of each coin did I find?
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Remember that you have the same number of each coin.
Answer
134 of each coin.
Reasoning
We have equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p, and 20p.
And 2p + 5p + 10p + 20p = 37p.
There are 134 lots of 37p in £49.58.
Double-Checking
134 x 37 = 4958.
Puzzle 16
Below you will find well-known eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining-
Can you find the words?
----rue
----jar
----dil
----any
----pox
----gth
----elf
----oia
----ige
----hog
----too
----dix
----fin
----upt
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The first letters of the words are: C, N, D, M, S, S, Y, P, P, H, C, A, P, B.
Answers
----rue = construe
----jar = nightjar
----dil = daffodil
----any = mahogany or epiphany
----pox = smallpox
----gth = strength
----elf = yourself
----oia = paranoia
----ige = prestige
----hog = hedgehog
----too = cockatoo
----dix = appendix
----fin = paraffin
----upt = bankrupt
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