Puzzle 233
Below is a grid which should contain animals. The missing letters for a particular column are listed at the top of that column. Can you 'drop' the missing letters in and complete the grid? Each animal begins with a different letter of the alphabet.
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Hint
The first letter is J.
Answer
Puzzle 234
What letter comes next in this sequence:
E · O · E · R · E · ?
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Hint
This is a very common sequence.
Answer
X.
The last letters of the words one, two, three, four, five, six .
Puzzle 235
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
-e-rd
-u-et
wa-t-
-um-y
-e-er
a-o-e
mi--d
-hew-
hu-i-
-abi-
co--h
ho--e
arg--
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The first word begins with the letter B.
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-e-rd = beard (BA)
-u-et = quiet (QI)
wa-t- = waltz (LZ)
-um-y = jumpy (JP)
-e-er = fever (FV)
a-o-e = awoke (WK)
mi--d = mixed (XE)
-hew- = chewy (CY)
hu-i- = humid (MD)
-abi- = habit (HT)
co--h = cough (UG)
ho--e = horse (RS)
arg-- = argon (ON)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 236
Can you find a number such that …
… its double is fourteen more than its quarter?
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Hint
The number is less than 20.
Answer
8.
Reasoning
We need a number (N) such that:
2 x N = 14 + N
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4
Multiply throughout by 4 to give:
8 x N = 56 + N
So:
7 x N = 56
So N = 8.
Double-Checking
Its double is 16.
Its quarter is 2.
So its double is fourteen more than its quarter.
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