The worlds first riddle!

I'm sick at home.

[size=7]SEQUENCE
986[/size]

Bird flu markr?

bit of that round here-- i phone up a bird for a date and she says shes got the flu!

TA, the skipper of the speedy water taxi service was transporting a client up river to his new business location. As soon as the boat left the dock the client fell asleep. After the boat had travelled 1 mile the clients hat blew off into the water and started to float downstream. The boat continued upstream for 5 more minutes before the client awoke and discovered his hat was missing. TA then turned the boat around and headed back down stream. They finally caught up with the hat just as it reached their original starting point. The sailing speed was constant whether going up stream or down stream can you figure out how fast the river was flowing.

Mark:

BUSES
133


You know there are 50 people on the first bus with a 2:3 ratio boys to girls, 20 boys and 30 girls.
Boys on Bus 1 to boys on Bus 2, 5:6 ratio. 24 boys on Bus 2.
50:50 girls to boys on Bus 2. 24 girls on Bus 2. 48 total on Bus 2.
Girls on Bus 3 to Girls on Bus 2, 7:8 ratio. With 24 girls on Bus 2 = 21 girls on Bus3.
60 % of Bus 3 is girls = 21. 40% boys = 14. 35 total on Bus 3.
50 + 48 +35 = 133


CONTAINERS
six 20-ounce
seven 8-ounce
five 16-ounce

Annifa has a total 256 ounces of drink.
120 ounces are in 20-ounce water bottles = 6 water bottles
136 ounces are split between 12 more containers, some 8-ounce glasses and some 16-ounce pint containers.
X = # pint containers, Y = # of eight-ounce glasses
16x + 8y = 136
x + y = 12, x = 12-y
16 (12- y) + 8 y = 136
y = 7, x = 5


How I hate these sequences!

18, 14, 12, 11, ?, 10.25

SEQUENCES
10.5

You divide the number shown by 2 & then add 5 for each step in the sequence.


SEQUENCE
986

Answer: The sequence goes multiply by 1 & then add 1, multiply by 2 & then add 2, multiply by 3 & add 1, multiply by 1 & add 2, multiply by 2 & add 1, multiply by 3 & add 2, & then the sequence repeats.


DP, I am sorry you are having problems taming the local wildlife, but, ?'birds and chicks' went out of fashion along with Crocodile Dundee. Update your lexicon mate.

As for your right royal regal ripper riddle:

[size=7]Speed of the water = d / (2 * t) miles/minute

Where d = distance travelled by the hat
t = time travelled upstream in minutes without noticing the fallen hat

In this case of gross negligence, d = 1 mile, t = 5 minutes.

Hence Speed of the Water = 1 / (2 * 5) = 1/10 = 0.1 miles/minute or 0.1*60 = 6 miles per hour.[/size]

I hope his hat was ok.


I am sorry to read you are unwell Mark, I do hope you will make a full and speedy recovery. What is the point I ask in defeating a week and infirm adversary? Of cause, that would only apply if, and only if, I were to ?'win' a round.

Therefore, to take advantage of the situation:

1.33, 4.17, 1.39, 4.36, 1.45,

0.7, 0, 5, 8, 8, 2, 3,

3 3 5 4 4 3 5

RIVER
same as Try

[size=7]SEQUENCES
4.55
no clue
5 4 3 6 6 8[/size]

Here's a sequence to ponder:
6 30 60 84 180 210

RIVER
"same as Try"

Hey! No peepin.


"Here's a sequence to ponder:"
6 30 60 84 180 210

Hey! Hey! I was looking at that.
6 30 60 84 180 210 [size=7]210 330[/size]


Decide what number comes next in this stately series: 4, 0, 3, 1, 0, 1,

Keep taking the medication.

Hey! Hey!
yep

[size=7]STATELY SERIES
Georgia[/size]

Nuther sequence:

3 5 4 5 6 8 9 8 11

Hello! We are back on line - nice place. Thanks Craven and crew

Mark:

SEQUENCES
4.55

I made it:
1.33, 4.17, 1.39, 4.36, 1.45, (4.57)
The sequence goes divide by 3, then multiply by pi, divide by 3, multiply by pi, etc. But only the first 2 numbers following the decimal are written down, & used for the next step in the sequence.
I'm not going back for .02


no clue

My mistake, I don't know where it went, it sure did need one.
0.7, 0, 5, 8, 8, 2, 3, ?
The numbers shown are the digits following the decimal when you divide 12 by 17.


5 4 3 6 6 8
Each number represents the number of letters in the number in that order. That is: one = 3, two = 3, three = 5, etc.


STATELY SERIES
Georgia

Wow, that's real clever.


"Nuther sequence:"

3 5 4 5 6 8 9 8 11

Are you sure its (11)?

I can get as far as : 3 5 4 5 6 8 9 8
Then I make it (9) 10

I.e. 1+3=4. 3+4=7. 4+7=11// 3-1=2+11=13. 13+4=17. 4-3=1+17=18. 7-4=3+18=21. 11-7=4+21=25. 25=10

Am I close, or what!



Oh happy days, you are too week for a clue.

6(1) 9(3) 6(5) 6(7) 7(2) 8(4) (6)



Still, I give you another month before you get it together.

1 2 13 0 3 03 1

Am I close, or what!
Think best lending rate.

[size=7]WEEK SEQUENCE
I Sat. down and came up with 8.

MONTH SEQUENCE
no clue[/size]

Mark:

WEEK SEQUENCE
I Sat. down and came up with 8.

Each number represents the number of letters in a day of the week, skipping days. So Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday.
We were looking for Saturday 8


MONTH SEQUENCE (So you picked up on the ?'clue')

Answer: 1 2 13 0 3 03 1

The number of days in each month, but only the second digit is given for January, first digit for February, March is backward, and then the series repeats, beginning with April.

Do you mean best rates, or, mates rates?

30 year fixed 6.202%. APR 6.276%
15 year fixed 5.818%. APR 5.894%
1 year ARM 3.031%. APR 3.774%

Look at this, and tell me it was just a coincidence:

(Replace number with letters to spell out word) 4 = four is the only one to have the same number of letters as the total.

3 5 4 5 6 8 9 18 11
one three four seven eleven thirteen seventeen eighteen

1 + 3 = 4 +3 = 7 + 4 = 11*+2 = 13 + 4 = 17 + 1 = 18

* (Now subtract and add the difference)

1 - 3 = 2 11 + 2 = 13
four = 4 + 13 = 17
3 - 4 = 1 + 17 = 18

(It would continue)

4 - 7 = 3 + 18 =21 (spell out 21) = 9
7 - 11 = 4 + 21 = 25 (spell out 25) =10

Amazzzzzing!



Along the same lines.


A F MA P M JU


7 5 3 4 9

3 5 4 5 6 8 9 18 11
one three four seven eleven thirteen seventeen eighteen
Actually it was:
two three five seven eleven thirteen seventeen nineteen twentythree twentynine

[size=7]SAME LINES
U
16?[/size]

"Nuther sequence:"

3 5 4 5 6 8 9 8 11 ?

My, you are the tricky one, or should I say, you 2. I took the first 1.

…….twentynine =10.
So I was right, albeit for a different reason.
Amazzzzzing!

Mark:
SAME LINES
U

A F MA P M JU U

Using the first 1 or 2 letters in the name of each month.

16?


Answer: 7 5 3 4 9 (8)

Number of letters in each month, but skipping a month each time. So January = 7, March = 5, May = 3, and so on.


Let us drink to your good health, what's shores?

n t d. s a e . f. a e i a. u i e

n t d. s a e . f. a e i a. u i e
huh?

"Huh!"

Thank you for taking part in a word recognition sample.

Skipping a letter each time, the series spells out the name of a country. (What shores?)

n t d. s a e . f. a e i a. u i e

United States of America United?

Mark: (who is back on top form)

United States of America United


?'d'

Skipping a letter each time, the series spells out "United States of America". After the last a in America, the series begins again with u in United. The twist is when skipping, if the next place skipped to is a space, a ?'.' is substituted instead.


A patriotic series sets a precedent.

w a j m m a


What number is missing from this series

2 3 5 7 13 17

I could make a case for 11.

j v h t p

DrewDad:

What number is missing from this series?

I could make a case for 11.

(Your wood making skills do you considerable credit)


2 3 5 7 13 17 (11)
The series is of the first prime numbers, and 11 was left out.



A patriotic series sets a precedent.
j v h t p clever

w a j m m a (j)
The first letters of the last names of each of the first 7 US presidents.



Back off, it's prime time.

15 11 9 5 3 1



It's elementary, my dear puzzler

h l b n f n a p