Puzzle 585
At a recent school fayre, 500 people attended and £500 was raised. The prices were as follows:
Fathers £2.00
Mothers £3.00
Children £0.48
More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?
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Answer
375 children: 70 mothers and 55 fathers.
Puzzle 587
Can you find a 5-digit number …
… whose digits add up to 18 and whose product is 210 and the digits increase from left to right in the number?
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Break down 210 into its factors.
Answer
12357.
Reasoning
Since 210 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 7, 12357 is the only way to get a 5-digit number, in ascending order.
Puzzle 588
Which letter is missing from this sequence:
B C D G P T V
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Try saying the letters out loud.
Answer
E.
These are letters which all sound the same, bee, see, dee, ee, etc. All depending on how you pronounce Z (zee or zed), you can include this.
