Puzzle 733
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.
Answer
2 buttons.
The number of buttons is 10, minus the length of the word.
Puzzle 734
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?
Answer
4 days.
Reasoning
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 735
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
Puzzle 736
Which four-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two new words:
arm[----]stand
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case
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The second letter is A.
Answer
Band.
To give armband, and bandstand.
