Riddle of the Day

[Josh]

Time to bring back the Riddle of the Day. :)

[Josh]

Find the 6-digit # in which the 1st digit is 1 more than the 2nd, the 4th and 3rd digits are the SUM of the 1st and 2nd, the 5th digit is 2 less than the 4th, and the 6th digit is 2 less than the 5th, and the sum of the 5th and the 6th digits equals the 2nd.

Oh, and the sum of ALL the digits is 33. :)

:?:

[msodooly]

981753 :D

[Josh]

wow! 8O

Very good. :)

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Replace the first letter of each of the words on each line in order to form the 2 new words. The letter will be different on each line. Place the new letter on the line between the words. The letters will form a new word. Can you find it?

Balm ____ Thin
Aver ____ Elder
Band ___ Goose
Camp ___ Late

[Dave-n-Julie]

C-O-L-D

Dave

Very good, Dave!

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Find the number that best completes the sequence below....

19 37 55 73 9

[msodooly]

Is it 1?

[Josh]

Haha, nice! Correct. The answer is 1. (two series. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and the same sequence reversed)

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Fill in the blanks with words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and different spellings.

1) Emanations __________ Bring up __________ Tear down __________

2) Attend _________ A unit of measure ____________

[Josh]

No one? Haha. Yes, this one was hard.

1) Rays, Raise, Raze
2) Wait, Weight

:)

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Matt had two dollars to spend. He wanted to buy jelly beans and licorice sticks. He paid 1.50 for 5 jelly beans and 20 licorice sticks. For the same amount, he could have bought 10 jelly beans and 10 licorice sticks. How much did each item cost?

[msodooly]

jelly beans are .10 each and licorice sticks are .05 each

[Josh]

Are you a math geek? Correct! :)

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What TWO words formed from the same 5 letters can be used to complete the sentence below?

"The archaeologist searched through the last ______ of earth and realized it was not the _______ city he was digging for."

[msodooly]

Hehe! You might could say that...I am an accountant. :D

[Josh]

Answer:




"The archaeologist searched through the last LAYER of earth and realized it was not the EARLY city he was digging for."

[Josh]

Change two letters in the name of a magazine on comestibles to find what we would all like to be!

[newbrunswick]

I still can't figure this one out!

[Dave-n-Julie]

Food & Wine = Good & Wise

Dave

[Josh]

Correct. Good job!

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A statement has had all its vowels removed. Replace them and find the statement:

N P P L D Y K P S T H D C T R W Y

[Burlsun]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

[Josh]

Si, correcto! You are smarto! Haha.

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Why are 1973 silver dollars worth more than 1969 silver dollars?

[Ortluk]

$1973 is $4 more than $1969

[HobbyHelen]

Find the 6-digit # in which the 1st digit is 1 more than the 2nd, the 4th and 3rd digits are the SUM of the 1st and 2nd, the 5th digit is 2 less than the 4th, and the 6th digit is 2 less than the 5th, and the sum of the 5th and the 6th digits equals the 2nd.

Oh, and the sum of ALL the digits is 33. :)

:?:

I tried for way too long, and finally asked a friend who ENJOYS mathmatics.
He says the answer is not a whole number- well no wonder I couldn't get it. He also said it was simple algebra.
Hobby Helen

Jim's answer:
"Using your puzzle this is what I did:

First number: X + 1

Second number: X

Third number: 2X + 1

Fourth number: 2X + 1

Fifth number: 2X + 1 – 2 = (2X – 1)

Sixth number: 2X + 1 – 2 – 2 = (2X – 3)

The cumulative total of the above = 10X -1 and we are told that equals 33 – Therefore 10X -1 = 33; so 10X = 34 and X = 3.4



If you work it backwards is works:

First number: 3.4 + 1 = 4.4

Second number: 3.4

Third number: 6.8 + 1 = 7.8

Fourth number: 6.8 + 1= 7.8

Fifth number: 6.8 + 1 – 2 = (6.8 – 1) = 5.8

Sixth number: 6.8 + 1 – 2 – 2 = (6.8 – 3) = 3.8

And that Totals to 33



This was fun."

[RonL]

981753
This is what Josh was looking for ............