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Questions

1. Beginning with 2,000, what is the number that is one-half, times 3, divided by 10, divided by 10, minus 5?

2. Make your way from LOSE to FIND in only four steps, changing one letter at time to make a common English word at each step.

     LOSE → __ __ __ __ → __ __ __ __ → __ __ __ __ → FIND

3. Which of the words below is least like the others? The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants, or syllables.

     EVENTS  ENTERS   NAILED   AMAZE

4. What two numbers fit the following description: The square of the first plus the second equals 11, and the square of the second plus the first equals 7.

5. The beginning letters have been removed from the following words. Fill in the missing letters.

     _ _ _ _ OCA      _ _ _ _ ZON      _ _ _ RAX

Answers

1. 25 (2,000 ÷ 2 = 1,000; x 3 = 3,000; ÷ 10 = 300; ÷ 10 = 30; – 5 = 25)

2. LOSE, LONE, LINE, FINE, FIND 

3. AMAZE (The others can be anagrammed into common male names: Steven, Ernest, Daniel.)

4. 3, 2 

5. CARIOCA (or TAPIOCA), HORIZON, THORAX