Correct!
12/16/2022
Complete this grid so that 12 of the 16 cells contain a letter. Use two copies of each of the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F. Four letters are already entered. Fill in the other eight to satisfy the rules below. (In these rules, “adjacent” means next to in any direction, even diagonally.) Can you finish the grid?
- No D or F may occupy the same row, column, or diagonal as any other D or F.
- No C is adjacent to a D.
- Each A is adjacent to both F’s.
- Each B is adjacent to both E’s.
12/17/2022 Help With The Books
Lolek had four times the money that Moesha had, but after Lolek gave Moesha $55 to help her purchase books as holiday gifts, Moesha had three times as much money as Lolek. How much did they each start with?
Correct!
12/17
Lolek = 60 (5)
Moesha =15 (15)
12/17
Summary
Lolek started with $80 and Moesha started with $20. They ended up with $25 and $75, respectively.
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I was read it as Moesha spending the money and didn’t keep it
Yeah, I was thinking that as I was typing it. It doesn’t explicitly say, although I suppose in that case Moesha’s balance should probably go down, too. They give skysn93’s answer.
Correct!
12/18/2022 Centerpiece
Fill in the blanks so that each column spells a common three-letter word and the middle row spells an example of a centerpiece.
12/18
menorah
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Correct!
the hint was weird, I never thought of it that way
12/19/2022 Four-gone Conclusions
Use the letters at the bottom of the page once each to fill the blanks to form common, uncapitalized four-letter words. Many of the three-letter chunks can end with more than one letter, but the solution using all 10 letters is unique.
WHI___ LOA___ CLO___
SLI___ QUI___
LIS___ RIF___ STE___
JUM___ GOL___
D E F M N P R T W Z
12/20/2022 Dominoes
A standard set of 28 dominoes is arranged in a rectangle. Each cell shows the number of pips it contains. Can you thicken the lines to show the placement of the dominoes? We’ve listed the 28 dominoes so you can cross them off as you find them.
0-0
0-1 1-1
0-2 1-2 2-2
0-3 1-3 2-3 3-3
0-4 1-4 2-4 3-4 4-4
0-5 1-5 2-5 3-5 4-5 5-5
0-6 1-6 2-6 3-6 4-6 5-6 6-6
12/19
Summary
WHIR
LOAN
CLOD
SLIM
QUIZ
LIST
RIFE
STEW
JUMP
GOLF
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Correct and correct!
12/21/2022 Opposing Change
Change one letter in both words in each row to create a pair of antonyms or counterparts. For example, OVEN and CLOSET becomes OPEN and CLOSED. Can you solve them all?
1. HAUGHTY NINE
2. PERK VOLLEY
3. DRY FIGHT
4. CHAPS OLDER
5. RUIN SPINE
6. REAL COW