Puzzle 189
What number comes next in this sequence:
3 · 3 · 5 · 4 · 4 · 3 · 5 · ?
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Hint
This is a very common sequence.
Answer
5.
The numbers represent the number of letters of the words ONE, TWO, THREE, etc. Therefore the answer is the number of letters in the word EIGHT.
Puzzle 190
Each of these words can have a letter added, and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word.
For example: DENY + B = BENDY (not part of the answer!).
If the 7 added letters are an anagram of CHEMIST, what are the new words?
deny
mail
exit
gosh
city
newt
type
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deny + e = ne edy
mail + c = c laim
exit + s = exis t
gosh + t = ghost
city + h = itch y
newt + i = twi ne
type + m = em pty
The letters ECSTHIM are an anagram of CHEMIST.
Puzzle 191
Someone purchases 1 for 38p, 23 for 76p and 102 for £1.14.
What are they buying?
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3,876 would cost £1.52.
Answer
House numbers at 38p each.
Puzzle 192
What number comes next in this sequence:
42 · 1412 · 11141112 · 31143112 · 132114132112 · ?
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Hint
Say each number, one digit at a time.
Answer
11131221141113122112.
Reasoning
Each term describes the previous term.
For example, 42 = one four, one two = 1412.
And, 1412 = one one, one four, one one, one two = 11141112.
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