Puzzle 221
The same three-letter word has been removed from all of these words, leaving the letters below (which are still in the correct order).
What was the three-letter word?
loe
ch
she
er
vae
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Hint
The missing word is in these locations: lo---e, ---ch, s---he, ---er, va---e.
Answer
Cat.
loe = locate
ch = catch
she = scathe
er = cater
vae = vacate
Puzzle 222
The following words have had their vowels removed, can you find the missing animals?
slth
rcn
mnky
llgtr
lphnt
lnd
gt
br
bbn
cyt
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Hint
One of the words is GOAT.
Answer
slth = sloth
rcn = racoon
mnky = monkey
llgtr = alligator
lphnt = elephant
lnd = eland
gt = goat (or agouti)
br = bear (or boar)
bbn = baboon
cyt = coyote
Puzzle 223
Can you find a number …
… whose double exceeds its quarter by 7.
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Hint
The number is less than 100.
Answer
4.
4's double is 8, and 4's quarter is 1.
Reasoning
If the missing number is N, then:
2N = N + 7
—
4
Multiply throughout by 4:
8N = N + 28
Subtract N from both sides:
7N = 28
Divide throughout by 7:
N = 4
Puzzle 224
A rich aristocrat decided that he would give every man 45 dollars and every woman 60 dollars.
Only one ninth of the men and only one twelfth of the women collected their dues.
Can you tell me how much money the aristocrat spent if there were 3552 people in total?
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It doesn't actually matter how many men or women there were.
Answer
17,760 dollars.
If there were M men, then there were (3552 - M) women.
So one ninth of the men each received 45 dollars and one twelve of the women each received 60 dollars. So the total received was:
= 45 x 1 x M + 60 x 1 x (3552 - M)
— ——
9 12
Simplify the two fractions by dividing the 45 by 9, and the 60 by 12 respectively.
= 5 x M + 5 x (3552 - M)
= 5M + 17760 - 5M
= 17760
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