Puzzle 269
Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters, to spell five 4-letter words.
Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (195.13) and is used with permission.
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Hint
One of the words is PALM.
Answer
Trip, Trio, Open, Pale, and Palm.
Puzzle 270
If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle …
… what is the weight of a bottle and a half?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Find the weight of the bottle first.
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24 ounces.
The bottle weighs 16 ounces.
Reasoning
As a bottle (B) weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle, we can write this as:
B = 8 + 1/2 x B
1/2 x B = 8
B = 16
As the bottle weighs 16 ounces, a bottle and a half weighs 16 + 8 = 24 ounces.
Puzzle 271
What comes next in this sequence:
dog goat tarantula aardvark koala {?}
Choose from:
cat, mouse, antelope, elephant, frog
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Look at the first and last letters.
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Antelope.
Each word starts with the last letter of the previous word.
Puzzle 272
What is missing in this sequence:
8 10 14 18 {?} 34 50 66
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There are two sequences.
Answer
26.
There are two alternate series, starting with the first two numbers, and each formed by doubling the preceding number in its own series and subtracting 2.
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