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Questions

1. There are 12 birds and four-legged animals in the peculiar zoo our friend runs. There are a total of 40 legs altogether, and there are twice as many of one kind as of the other. How many of each?

2. Can you go from FOOL to WISE in six steps, changing one letter at a time, making a common English word at each step? 

    FOOL  →  ___ ___ ___ ___  →  ___ ___ ___ ___  →  ___ ___ ___ ___  → ___ ___ ___ ___  →  ___ ___ ___ ___  →  WISE
 
3. Can you place a four-letter word, the same one, in front of each of the words below, to make a completely different word? 

    ___ ___ ___ ___ JUST

    ___ ___ ___ ___ RESS

    ___ ___ ___ ___ ABLE

4. Faster than a speeding bullet he went, 500 miles per hour on the outward journey. Somehow or other he lost some energy, and returned at only 250 miles an hour. What was his average speed?

5. If 3 sewers can sew 3 seams in 7 seconds, how many seams can 6 sewers sew in 70 seconds?

Answers

1. 8 animals with 4 legs, 4 birds, with 8 legs total 

2. FOOL, WOOL, WOOD, WOLD, WILD, WILE, WISE (There may be others) 

3. READ: READJUST, READRESS, READABLE 

4. Three hundred thirty-three and one-third miles per hour. 

5. 60 seams