Missing 4 Letters

Complete each set of blanks with the same four letters to make two English words.


O _ E _ _ T _
U _ G _ _ D _

ANSWER:
Letters:
  P, R, A, and E
Words:

  OPERATE
  UPGRADE

Added or Multiplied

What number gives the same amount as it is added to 11 and as it is multiplied by 11?

ANSWER:

1.1

Numbers Represented by Letters

Each of the six letters below stands for one of the numbers from one to nine, and no letter stands for more than one number. Using the following four clues, can you find out the number represented by each letter?

Clues:
M is the largest number in the top row across.
The value of Q is 9.
Each row across totals 12.
The middle column down totals twice the value of either of the two outside columns.

ANSWER:

M = 5, N = 3, O = 4, P = 1, Q = 9, and R = 2.

Complete Pattern

What numbers do complete this pattern?

1 3 5 0 6 ? ? 9 7 8 6 0 5 3 1

ANSWER:

87; the entire pattern is a palindrome.

Series Completion (easy)

Which of the five figures should replace the question mark?

ANSWER: 4

Which of the five figures complete this line?

Which of the five figures complete this line?

Answer

No. 2

Finding Non-Adjacent Areas

In this figure, try to find 8 areas that are not adjacent neither by edges nor by corners!

     

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Numeric Maze

Move through this maze to collect 100 points. Pass each way or junction only once. Two arrows indicate your points of entry and exit.

Word Odd Out

Which of the following words is odd one out?

1. actualized
2. authorizer
3. customized
4. carbonized
5. scandalize

ANSWER

No. 3. All other words share 4 letters A, E, I, and Z.

PRNNGSLWDRSCP!

Four words related to basic gardening have been written in a row with neither spaces nor vowels. What are these four words?

PRNNGSLWDRSCP

ANSWER

Pruning Soil Weeder Scoop

One-Third Probability by One Coin

At a restaurant, how can John choose one out of three desserts with equal probability with the help of one coin?

ANSWER

He tosses the coin twice; where he supposes HT, TT and TT correspond to his three choices and if HH he repeats. 

Word in Grid!

Start from any letter, trace out an eleven-letter word by going along the grid lines without crossing any joints more than once!

Word in Grid!

ANSWER: Accelerator

Grid Problem!

What number should replace the question mark?

Grid Problem

ANSWER: B

Scales Problem!

Based on the above balances, which of the followings can be correct?

ANSWER: C

Single Word Find Puzzle

In the following puzzle, starting from any circle, trace out a twelve letter English word by going along the lines without crossing any letter more than once.

Bacteriology

Numeric Grid Puzzle

What number should replace the question mark?

1296

324 * 4 = 1296

Time Series

What time does continue this series?

5:20

Trace out a 13-letter word!

In this figure, trace out a 13-letter word by travelling along the lines without crossing a letter twice.

Puzzle: Trace out a 13-letter word!

     

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Answer:
Cachinnation  (cachinnation means "loud convulsive laughter")

Numbers in Shapes!

In the following figure, identify the values of x and y such that:

1) The sum of numbers inside the circle must be individually higher than the heart, the diamond and the triangle.

2) The sum of numbers inside the rectangle must be half of the total of the sum of numbers inside the circle, the heart, the diamond and the triangle.

3) Both x and y should be divisible by 5.

     
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Answer: 
x = 30
y = 25

Missing Number

1. What is the missing number?

14
4 7 4
5 1 4 1 5
1 2 3 5 3 2 1
1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1

a. 1
b. 2
c. 6
d. 10
     
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Answer: d

14 = 14
4 + 7 + 4 = 15
5 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 16
1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 17
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 18

Which of the following constructed boxes cannot be made from this pattern?

Which of the following constructed boxes cannot be made from this pattern?

Answer:

Find a word that fits in front of all the following endings!

Find a word that fits in front of all the following endings:

• COCK
• BUCKLE 
• TABLE
• STILE
• COAT 

Answer:
Turn

What is full of holes but still holds water?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Answer:
Sponge

Which is the odd one out?

Which is the odd one out?

ANSWER

C.

C has three white and one black on the left and three black and one white on the right. The others are the opposite way round.

X=? Y=?

Two numbers, x and y, are such that if x gets 77 from y they will be in the ratio 4 to 1, but if y receives 42 from x, their ratio will be 1 to 2. What are x and y?  

ANSWER
x=127 and y=128

Which tile is missing?

Which tile is missing?

ANSWER

In each row and column, every ring is shaded black once.