BRAIN TEASERS

1 Emma is ordering her wedding cake and is fussy about the decoration: “Stars on the third tier means sprinkles on the first. The second tier must not have silver balls. Sparkles and stars cannot be used on consecutive tiers. Silver balls or sprinkles must be on the fourth.” Each topping is used once. What will the cake look like?

2 Which two words meaning “decompose” and “consumed” combine into one meaning “turn”?

3 Find the types of shoe in these anagrams: a) Coin Scam, b) Nettle Hike, c) Leaders Lip.

4 Baby Alice is 60cm tall and weighs 4.2kg. She is currently growing by 2cm and 0.6kg per month. Given that she was born on 17 January, if she maintains her current rate of growth until she’s 18 years old, how big will she be?