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Last Problem
What letter comes next in the following
sequence of letters?
o t t f s e …
Answer:
The letter “t” comes next. Each letter
in this sequence represents the first letter
corresponding to a prime number:
The first letter in the sequence “o” stands
for one (“one” starts with an “o”), t for 2,
t for 3, f for 5, s for 7, e for 11.
The next letter in the sequence is t for 13
Today’s Problem
What do the following words have in common?
Teak, pike, port, tick, eat, oak.
Last Problem:
Read the following poem:
My first is in blue, but not in glue;
My second is in ton but not in new;
My third in look but not in see
My last in ask but not in pea
My whole has leaves but not a flower
‘Twill help you pass an idle hour.
What is it?
Answer:
book.
The first letter in Blue is “b.”
The second letter in ton is “o.”
The third letter in look is “o.”
The last letter in Ask is “k”
When strung together the four
letters spell “book”.
Today’s Problem:
What letter comes next in the following sequence?
o t t f s e …
Yesterday’s Problem:
What is the next entry in this sequence? -2 4 -12 48 -240
Answer:
The answer is “1440” – each number is multiplied by
an increasing negative number:
-2X(-2)=4, 4X(-3)=-12, -12X(-4)=48, 48X(-5)=-240, -240X(-6)=1440
Today’s Problem:
Read the following poem:
My first is in blue, but not in glue;
My second is in ton but not in new;
My third in look but not in see
My last in ask but not in pea
My whole has leaves but not a flower
‘Twill help you pass an idle hour.
What is it?
Last Problem
You’ve driven into a the country of
Black & White where there are (truthfully)
only truth tellers and liars. There is no
middle ground. No one can tell the
difference by looking a man or woman
straight in the eyes.
This is a dangerous trip and you must make
good decisions. There is no room for mistakes.
While traveling down Route 66 you come to
a fork in the road. One way leads to safety.
The other way to a terrorist attack.
The sign post is gone at the fork, but there
are two men standing at the fork waiting for
a bus. One man has a white beard. The other
has green eyes.
What question can you ask either man that
will tell you which road is safe?
Answer:
The question to be asked is:
“Which road would the other man tell me is safe?”
Both men will tell you the unsafe road – so take
the other one.
The truth teller would say the liar will lie
and tell you the unsafe road is safe. The liar
will tell you that the truth teller will say
opposite of the truth and thus tell you the
unsafe road.
Today’s Problem
What is the next entry in this sequence? -2 4 -12 48 -240
Yesterday’s Problem
If 8-22-5-22-13 equals seven, and 7-4-12 makes two,
how would you write ten?
Answer:
7-22-13. This is a cryptogram. Solve it by
substituting the letters for numbers.
7=t, 22=e, 13=n, 5=v, 8=s, 4=w, 12=o
Today’s Problem:
You’ve driven into a the country of
Black & White where there are (truthfully)
only truth tellers and liars. There is no
middle ground. No one can tell the
difference by looking a man or woman
straight in the eyes.
This is a dangerous trip and you must make
good decisions. There is no room for mistakes.
While traveling down Route 66 you come to
a fork in the road. One way leads to safety.
The other way to a terrorist attack.
The sign post is gone at the fork, but there
are two men standing at the fork waiting for
a bus. One man has a white beard. The other
has green eyes.
What question can you ask either man that
will tell you which road is safe?