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80–81 Puzzling patterns 90–91 Brainteasers
All alone Carnival money Two at a time
The one creature that doesn’t The three boys initially paid $10 each, Brother 1 and Brother 2 cross
appear twice is the wasp. or $30. They are then given $3 back, together, taking two minutes.
which means they paid a total of $27 Brother 1 returns, taking one minute.
Thinking ahead (the $25 entrance fee plus the $2 The father and grandfather cross
Each part of the sequence begins pocketed by the sales assistant). The together, taking ten minutes.
with two yellow cupcakes and ends $27 added to the $3 refund equals $30, Brother 2 returns, taking two minutes,
with a purple cupcake, and the so there’s no missing money. In the then Brother 1 and Brother 2 cross
number of pink cupcakes in between puzzle, the $2 taken by the assistant is together, taking two minutes.
increases by one each time. The added to the $27 to create confusion. 2 + 1 + 10 + 2 + 2 = 17, so they should
yellow cupcakes at the beginning get to the train just in time.
of the sequence are at numbers The frustrated farmer
1, 5, and 10—the difference between The farmer crosses first with the The right door
the numbers increases by one each chicken and leaves it on the other The prisoner should ask each of the
time. This means the next yellow side. He then returns, picks up the fox, guards, “If I asked the other guard
cupcakes starting a new sequence and crosses again. Then he swaps the which is the door to freedom, what
will be at 16, 23, 31, 40, 50, 61, 73, fox for the chicken so that they are not would he say?” If the door to freedom
86, and 100. So the 49th cupcake left together, and takes the chicken is the red one and he asked the guard
will be purple and the 100th cupcake back. He then swaps the chicken for who told the truth, the guard would say
will be yellow. the grain and takes the grain across, the blue door, because he would know
leaving it with the fox. He then the other guard would lie. If he asked
A face in the crowd returns, picks up the chicken, and the guard who always told lies, the
takes it to the other side. guard would lie and say the blue door.
Either way, the answer would be the
Find the treat same—they would both reveal the door
She should choose Jar 2. with the lion behind it, and the prisoner
should take the other door to freedom.
1. Lentils 4. Beans
2. Cookies 5. Pepper Who passed the package?
3. Flour 6. Rice
Stacey started the game.

Spot the sequence 92–93 Thinking inside the box
A blue, an orange, and a blue Tips and tricks Starter Sudoku Slightly harder
flower complete the sequence.
3 6 8 1 9 2 4 7 5 1 7 6 4 2 8 3 5 9 3 5 6 9 1 4 8 2 7
Missing pieces 2 7 1 3 5 4 8 6 9 2 5 4 9 3 1 7 8 6 1 4 7 3 2 8 5 6 9
The four missing puzzle pieces are 9 4 5 8 6 7 3 1 2 8 3 9 5 7 6 1 2 4 2 8 9 5 6 7 3 4 1
J, K, G, and F. 5 8 2 9 7 6 1 3 4 7 2 5 3 8 4 6 9 1 6 7 3 1 9 5 4 8 2
J J K K 4 3 6 2 1 8 9 5 7 6 1 3 2 5 9 4 7 8 9 1 5 8 4 2 7 3 6
1 9 7 4 3 5 6 2 8 4 9 8 1 6 7 2 3 5 8 2 4 7 3 6 9 1 5
6 2 9 5 8 1 7 4 3 5 4 1 7 9 2 8 6 3 5 3 2 4 7 1 6 9 8
7 5 3 6 4 9 2 8 1 9 8 7 6 1 3 5 4 2 4 6 8 2 5 9 1 7 3
8 1 4 7 2 3 5 9 6 3 6 2 8 4 5 9 1 7 7 9 1 6 8 3 2 5 4
G
What to do Now try this Getting tricky

16 12 15 28
F F 21 17 7 4 3 21 7
15 11 28 17 8 6
Perfect pairs 7 8 27 3 9 8 7 15 15
25 13 8 7 9 6
15 14 29
15 6 9 3 5 6 9
6 9 17 17 9 5 4
3 9 8 16 9 7 3
5 19 13 14 18 17 9 8 2
2 3 8 7 4 11 6 8 9 17
28 8 7 17 9 8 8 1
6 4 9
1 5 8 24
3 5 7 8 9

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