Puzzle 729
What is the 10th prime number?
2, 3, 5, 7, …
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2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, …
Answer
29.
The first ten prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29.
Puzzle 730
My shirt has 5 buttons, my cardigan has 2 buttons, and my suit jacket has no buttons.
How many buttons do my trousers have?
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It depends on the length of the word.
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2 buttons.
The number of buttons is 10, minus the length of the word.
Puzzle 731
Sam takes 20 days to build a wall.
Taylor and Kelly each take 10 days to build a wall.
How long will it take the three of them to build a wall if they work together?
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How many walls can be built in 20 days?
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4 days.
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In 20 days, Sam can build 1 wall, and Taylor and Kelly can each build 2 walls.
So, in 20 days, 5 walls can be built.
Therefore, one wall will take 4 days to build.
Puzzle 732
What is the smallest positive integer, which, when multiplied by 6 …
… gives a number consisting of only 8's?
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Try working backwards.
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148.
148 x 6 = 888.
The easiest way is to divide successive 8's by 6 until you get an integer:
8 ÷ 6 = 1.3333
88 ÷ 6 = 14.666
888 ÷ 6 = 148
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