Birthday Puzzle
As my birthday approaches I start to collect leaves - a little bizarre perhaps, but I enjoy it!
On the first day of the month I collect 1 leaf, on the second day I collect 2 leaves, the third day I collect 3 leaves, and so on.
By my birthday I will have collected 276 leaves altogether. On which day of the month is my birthday?
Solution (Previous Puzzle):
15 chickens.
The first customer bought: 15 ÷ 2 + ½ = 8 (leaving 7)
The second customer bought: 7 ÷ 2 + ½ = 4 (leaving 3)
The third customer bought: 3 ÷ 2 + ½ = 2 (leaving 1)
The fourth customer bought: 1 ÷ 2 + ½ = 1
The answer can be worked out in the following way:
The fourth customer can only have bought one chicken, otherwise there would be some chickens left. The third customer bought all but 1, so total - (total ÷ 2 + ½) = 1. This can be solved algebraically or it's easy to see that the total must have been 3. This method keeps working until we reach the first customer.
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An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order.
Example: shot à host
Find the anagram for the following:
Spore
Spots
Spray
Solution (Previous):
SLAIN : NAILS, SNAILS
SLIME : LIMES, SMILE, MILES
SMASH : SHAMS
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