Puzzle 669
I have a jar of sweets.
There are 234 red, 26 blue, 67 green and 63 yellow sweets.
What chance do I have of picking a blue one with my eyes shut?
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How many sweets in total are there?
Answer
1 in 15.
Reasoning
In total, there are 390 sweets in the jar, and 26 of them are blue.
So the chance of picking blue is 26 in 390 = 1 in 15 = 6.66%.
Puzzle 670
What number comes next in this sequence:
7 · 8 · 5 · 5 · 3 · 4 · 4 · ?
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6: the numbers denote the number of letters each month has starting with January, therefore August has 6 letters.
Puzzle 671
What proverb is hidden below?
Llamas often overlook khaki bagels. Every furry orangutan relishes eating yummy orange umbrellas. Leopards enjoy aquamarine parsnips.
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The first word begins with L.
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Look before you leap.
Using the initial letters of each word.
Puzzle 672
Kevin's mother has three children.
The first was called Alpha, the second was called Beta.
What was the name of the third?
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Make sure that you read the question carefully.
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Kevin, since it was Kevin's mother and Kevin's brothers were Alpha and Beta.
