Prove Your Logic

[Arwon]

I thought the weird syntax was giving me a clue on level 9, but I don't think it is.

They're obviously not a native speaker.

 

[pau17]

wtf...............!!!

What is the answer to level 1?

Is it some celestial ultradivine holy and evil toxic soap?

Hint:

Spoiler :

Think of the most cliché answer possible...

 

[sysyphus]

Number 6 is too easy

Is anyone else chuckling about the horrible English?

I think it's why people are having trouble with #1, there are errors in the way it's written.

 

[Arwon]

Totally stuck on number 9

 

[Mirc]

Is anyone else chuckling about the horrible English?

Yeah, I can't stand it.

And:

I thought the weird syntax was giving me a clue on level 9, but I don't think it is.

They're obviously not a native speaker.

Which makes me wonder why they used inches in one of the questions...?


@Arwon: hint for 9:

Spoiler :

Small things also count. Even small words, too.

ANYONE HAVE A CLUE FOR 21???

 

[LightFang]

I'm stuck on 21...

And the English is pretty terrible.

 

[Mirc]

Haha I just got 21, not hard at all in fact!

Posting a hint now.

Hint:

Spoiler :

Work backwards.

If the last brother saw 4 fish, he threw one away, and he took one third of what was left (3/3, so one fish).
Then, the second brother LEFT 4 fish, so 4 is 2/3 of the number that can be divided by 3 that he got to. Which means they were originally (4/2)*3+1 = 2*3+1.

But since 7 is can't be divided by 2, it means it can't be 2/3 of any integer.



This was my first try, with 3+1=4. Just go up from here, with 6+1, 9+1, 12+1, 15+1, until you find one that works.

 

[LucyDuke]

18142 LucyDuke 21 CFC OT

I should be working.

 

[LightFang]

@Mirc: I figured that out, and my answer is

Spoiler :

52

, which by all accounts should work...but it's not.

Spoiler :

First: 52-1 = 51, take a third, 34.
Second: Throw one out, 33, take a third, 22.
Third: Throw one out, 21, take a third, 7.

Disregard that, I'm an idiot. There was a smaller number.

 

[sysyphus]

I'm stumped on #15

 

[Mirc]

@Mirc: I figured that out, and my answer is

Spoiler :

52

, which by all accounts should work...but it's not.

Spoiler :

First: 52-1 = 51, take a third, 34.
Second: Throw one out, 33, take a third, 22.
Third: Throw one out, 21, take a third, 7.

Disregard that, I'm an idiot. There was a smaller number.

You went too far with it.

Edit: Ah, just noticed your edit that slipped in my quote.

 

[LightFang]

Ugh, #24 is another of those stupid shape ones.

 

[Mirc]

What about 23? I got it wrong, don't know how that happened.

 

[LightFang]

If 23 was that zany math one, I just brute forced it with my calculator.

Spoiler :

Determine the first value of row 20 and just add it all up. There's probably an elegant way to do this but I don't know how.

I ended up going 1+2+4+6 etc. to find the first value of row 20.

 

[LucyDuke]

If 23 was that zany math one, I just brute forced it with my calculator.

Spoiler :

Determine the first value of row 20 and just add it all up. There's probably an elegant way to do this but I don't know how.

I ended up going 1+2+4+6 etc. to find the first value of row 20.

There's a much more elegant way. Add 'em up for a few rows. You'll notice a pattern.

 

[Masquerouge]

What about 23? I got it wrong, don't know how that happened.

Hint:

Spoiler :

the sum of evenly spaced numbers is equal to the average of these numbers times how many there are. That is, 3+4+5+6+7 = 5*5...

 

[Rhymes]

I'm stumped on #15

It's the one that shouldn't be doing what he/she's doing....

I,m stuck on the boots question!?! I must be missing something...

24 boots, 6 right browns, 6 right blacks, 6 left browns, 6 left blacks....

So if I pick 19.. I should have at least one of each?!? Where Am I wrong?

 

[Masquerouge]

Oh yeah, also, it's kinda helpful if you could describe what the puzzle is about, because I for one do not remember at all which numbers were which...

 

[sysyphus]

Done, though I did my actual location rather than CFC lest it get deleted

18145 sysy phus 36 Canada Toronto

 

[sysyphus]

It's the one that shouldn't be doing what he/she's doing....

I,m stuck on the boots question!?! I must be missing something...

24 boots, 6 right browns, 6 right blacks, 6 left browns, 6 left blacks....

So if I pick 19.. I should have at least one of each?!? Where Am I wrong?

You only need one pair, not one of each kind.

Hint:

Spoiler :

the sum of evenly spaced numbers is equal to the average of these numbers times how many there are. That is, 3+4+5+6+7 = 5*5...

I found it easier this way:

Spoiler :

the sum of each row is the row number cubed.