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1. How many days is it from Wednesday the 1st August to the first Saturday in September?
2. There are two clocks. One of them gains 6 seconds in every hour, while the other loses 9 seconds in every hour. If they are both set to show the same time, and then set going, how long will it be before they are exactly 1 hour different?
3. The number FIVE as written using block capitals contains exactly 10 strokes or segments of a straight line. Find a number which when written out in words (using no tricks) contains as many strokes as the number says.
4. Find four consecutive odd numbers which add up to to a total of 80.
5. What is the opposite of "NOT OUT"?
6. When one particular number, written in figures, is turned upside down it increases in value by 21. Which number is that?
7. A car has travelled 24,000 km and, in that distance, has worn out 6 tyres. Each tyre travelled the same distance. How far did each separate tyre travel?
8. If 6 cats can catch 6 rats in 6 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 10 rats in 10 minutes?
9. Find two whole numbers which, when multiplied together give an answer of 41.
10. A man bought 50 metres of rope in a shop. He did not know it, but the metre-rule used to measure the rope was 1cm short. What length of rope did he actually get?
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1.
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31 days (if the 1st of August is a Wednesday, the 1st of September is a Saturday)
2.
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The difference increases by 6+9=15 seconds every hour. It takes 3600/15 = 240 hours, or 10 days, before the difference has increased to 1 hour.
4.
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17+19+21+23
5.
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OUT (or NOT IN)
9.
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1 and 41
10.
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49.50 metres, or if it is a trick question, 50 metres ("a man bought 50 metres")
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7.
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16,000 Km
(16,000 * 6 = 24,000 * 4)
8.
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10 cats can catch 10 rates in 6 minutes, then they all get to sit around for 4 minutes
Any fewer cats would take longer than 10 minutes.
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6.
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68 turns into 89
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3.
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TWENTY NINE = 2+4+4+3+2+3+3+1+3+4 = 29 strokes
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7.
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12,000 km - it was a three-wheel car. Or 24,000 km if it was a six-wheel car
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8.
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6 cats have a collective capture rate of 1 rat per minute. Therefore 6 cats will catch 10 rats in 10 minutes.
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Hey Rudi,

You've got proposed solutions to all 10 puzzles? Are we completely off?
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Hi,

Sorry for the silence...
I have been in and out for most of the day and have not had chance to respond to the individual answers supplied.

Since all 10 have answers have been supplied I can confirm that all 10 have been answered correctly between the various posts.
Congrats to all who participated. TX :thumbup:

Herewith the answers supplied from the original puzzle:
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1. 32 inclusive of both dates.
2. 240 hours
3. TWENTY NINE
4. 17 + 19 + 21 + 23 = 80
5. OUT!
6. 68 (changes to 89)
7. 4-wheeler 16,000 km each. 3-wheeler 12,000 km each.
8. 6 cats.
9. 1 x 41
10. 49.5 metres
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7. 4-wheeler 16,000 km each. 3-wheeler 12,000 km each.
What colo(u)r is your Elio?
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In the US, NOT OUT might be taken to mean SAFE.
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Or still in the closet.
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BobH wrote:In the US, NOT OUT might be taken to mean SAFE.
And for OUT, AFAIK, they say, "YOU'RE out!" - or should that be spelt, "YERRRRR out!"
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