Replace the letters with numbers to make this a valid mathematical equation.
COPS
CLOSE
CELLAR
CORPSE
CASE
+ COLLAR
--------
RECTOR
2730
29704
249918
278304
2104
+ 279918
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842678
2730
29704
249918
278304
2104
+ 279918
--------
842678
He was the perfect gentleman even though his nephew couldn’t see it. Who was he?
A fine chap with a blind nephew (or an exemplary uncle who died before his nephew was born).
A fine chap with a blind nephew (or an exemplary uncle who died before his nephew was born).
Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?
Ton.
What word of five letters has only one left when two letters are removed?
Any 5-letter word with the word ‘one’ somewhere in it. Examples include shone, stone, alone, money, loner, phone or ornery. Note it doesn’t say there is only one letter left, but only ‘one’ left. Tricky tricky.
Any 5-letter word with the word ‘one’ somewhere in it. Examples include shone, stone, alone, money, loner, phone or ornery. Note it doesn’t say there is only one letter left, but only ‘one’ left. Tricky tricky.
How can the numbers 6, 1, 7 and 9 be arranged to make 24?
91 – 67 = 24
91 – 67 = 24
A six-digit number represented by ABCDEF (each letter represents a different number) can be multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 and yet no new digits appear in the result. As a matter of fact, all the digits are rotated. What is the number?
142857 (The first 6 digits of 1/7)
2 x 142857 = 285714
142857 (The first 6 digits of 1/7)
2 x 142857 = 285714
A mile-long train is moving at sixty miles an hour when it reaches a mile-long tunnel. How long does it take the entire train to pass through the tunnel?
Two minutes. The back of the train would be at the beginning of the tunnel after 1 minute, and would leave the end of the tunnel at the 2 minute mark.
Two minutes. The back of the train would be at the beginning of the tunnel after 1 minute, and would leave the end of the tunnel at the 2 minute mark.
A word square is a combination of words that can be spelled horizontally and vertically.
The most well known is called the Sator Square (in Latin):
S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S
What five words complete this word square?
I T C H E S
T _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _
H _ _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _
Thrust, Crisco, Hussar, Escape and Stores.
Making this lovely word square below:
I T C H E S
T H R U S T
C R I S C O
H U S S A R
E S C A P E
S T O R E S
Thrust, Crisco, Hussar, Escape and Stores.
Making this lovely word square below:
I T C H E S
T H R U S T
C R I S C O
H U S S A R
E S C A P E
S T O R E S
What is deep within you, never dies or gets worn out, and only needs some fire from time to time?
Your soul. Your soul is deep inside of you, it never dies and at various points in our lives we all get fired up about something.
Your soul. Your soul is deep inside of you, it never dies and at various points in our lives we all get fired up about something.
Imagine you are in a dark room with a locked door. All you have with you is a rope and a pencil. You can hear the rain outside, but there
Stop imagining.