BRAINTEASERS

Can you bend your brain around this set of mathematical, lexical and logistical teasers?

1 Four big shots are comparing their sports cars. It transpires that Cezar’s car is cheaper than Cecilia’s car and the green car separately. The red car is dearer than the yellow car and Cedric’s car separately. Cecil’s car is dearer than Cecilia’s, and the blue car

is cheaper than Cezar’s. Which colour car does each big shot own?

2 Which two words meaning ‘stake’ and ‘mature’ combine into one meaning ‘delivery charge’?

3 Find the predecimal coins in these anagrams: a) Wolf Ranch, b) Nose Giver, c) Unwise Goat.

4 Bernard Stone’s local tennis club have decided to have a charity bake sale. They sold a total of 58 items at 50p, twice as many at twice the price

and the rest at £2. If they took £175 in total, how many items did they sell altogether?