#166 The week link
In the Zordik language, the seven days of the week start with Ardik (Monday). The other days are Bordik, Curdik, Deldik, Endik, Fordik and Gandik, but not exactly in that order.
In her Zordik class, teacher Miss Taik asked the students to recite the days in order, starting with Ardik. Sven called them out in alphabetical order.
“You got three in the right place,” said the teacher. “Kim, you have a go.”
“Deldik, Bordik, Ardik, Curdik, Endik, Gandik and Fordik.”
“Three right again. Help them, Raki.”
“Gandik, Deldik, Curdik, Bordik, Ardik, Fordik and Endik.”
“Unbelievable – you only got three right as well. Still, you now have all the information you need to work out the days of the week in order.”
What are they?
Solution next week
#165 Land for rent
Solution
Joining the centres of the four circles gives a square with sides of 10 metres.
As can be seen in the diagram below, the three quarter-circles b, c and d in the square correspond to the three quarter-circles B, C and D outside the square, in the area enclosed in red.
This means that the total area outlined in red fits exactly inside the square and is therefore 100 square metres.
Quick quiz #150
1 Name the only astronaut who went to space with NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.
2 What scale is used to measure an individual’s level of consciousness after a brain injury?
3 What name is given to the last stage of an insect’s metamorphosis?
4 Which substance, also known as china clay, is essential to the manufacture of china and porcelain?
5 Which naturalist expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes of living things into phyla?
Answers
1
2 The Glasgow Coma Scale
3 Imago, or imaginal stage
4 Kaolin
5 Georges Cuvier