Holiday Puzzles 2024
1. TIME FOR A CHANGE
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In my pocket, I have some nickels, dimes, and quarters, a different number of each totaling less than a dollar. Strangely, if my nickels were dimes, my dimes were quarters, and my quarters were nickels, I'd have the same amount of money. How many of each coin do I have? |
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2. STRAIGHT AND CURVY
| Put a digit 0, 1, Z, 3, 4, S, 6, 7, or 8 (Yes, the 2 has been straightened, and the 5 has been curled) in each empty square so that straight digits (1, Z, 4, 7) count the number of (horizontally, vertically and diagonally) adjacent straight digits, and curvy digits (0, 3, S, 6, 8) count the number adjacent curvy digits. One digit has been placed in each puzzle to help you out.
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3. TOWERS OF POWERS
Find two different solutions to the equation abc = def, where a, b, c, d, e, and f are 6 different digits other than 0 or 1.
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4. BOOK ENDS
Put a consonant in each empty box to spell 3- or 4-letter words in each row.
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5. STARTING OVER
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In a game of backgammon, after 3 turns for blue and 2 turns for white, the exact starting position is reached again. If blue never rolled a 2, what were white's rolls?
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