You’ll have this six-letter word at night and if you remove the first letter it denotes the top, such as on a train. What is the word?
Supper (upper).
Get from the word THIN to BARN by changing one letter at a time and forming another English word in each step.
1. THIN
1. THIN
1. THIN
I met an old man on London bridge,
What was the man’s name?
Andrew. In the third line, “and drew his name”. It works better when you say it since the spelling is a bit off when written.
Andrew. In the third line, “and drew his name”. It works better when you say it since the spelling is a bit off when written.
Reaching stiffly for the sky,
A deciduous tree.
Three lives have I.
Water.
Find rhymes for each set of words so the first is a category and the rest are items in the category.
For example, LOYALTY: spring, clean, rinse → ROYALTY: king, queen, prince
1. LOIN: mortar, climb, pickle
1. COIN: quarter, dime, nickel
1. COIN: quarter, dime, nickel
The sun bakes them,
Grapes. Grapes are grown in the sun, can be hand picked and crushed by feet (which is sort of gross) to make wine, which is tasted by your mouth when you drink it.
Grapes. Grapes are grown in the sun, can be hand picked and crushed by feet (which is sort of gross) to make wine, which is tasted by your mouth when you drink it.
At a party of thirty-five people there are twice as many women as children and twice as many children as men. How many of each are there?
20 women, 10 children and 5 men.
To figure it out, let m be the number of men and you get this equation:
4m + 2m + m = 35
20 women, 10 children and 5 men.
To figure it out, let m be the number of men and you get this equation:
4m + 2m + m = 35
Blow for blow,
Equal.
By Sef Daystrom
At a quirky fruit stand, an orange costs 18 cents, a pineapple costs 27 cents and a grape costs 15 cents. Using the same logic, how much does a mango cost?
A mango costs 15 cents. The logic is 3 cents per letter.
A mango costs 15 cents. The logic is 3 cents per letter.