Puzzle 249
What number comes next in this sequence:
31 · 30 · 31 · 31 · ?
Clue: the answer is NOT 30!
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Does it start with January?
Answer
28.
The number of days in each month starting from October. The answer could also be 29 for a leap year.
The answer can't be 30, as the question specifically says that the answer is not 30, so it can't be the sequence starting with May.
Puzzle 250
What letter comes next in this sequence:
P · O · I · U · Y · T · ?
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R.
From the top row of a keyboard backwards.
Puzzle 251
Place the digits from 1 to 9 in each closed area so that the sum of the digits in each large square is the same.
1 has already been placed.
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Each large square adds to 11.
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Puzzle 252
Look at the following sentence once, and once only. How many times can you find the letter F?
Furry foxes of far origin often come of age far before scientific study forecasts.
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There are 10 letter Fs.
Sometimes the F in 'of' aren't always counted.
