Solutions: Alphabetical Puzzle
Puzzle #1: Each of the lists below groups letters according to a certain rule. Your challenge was to find that rule and use it to determine where the X, Y, and Z would go.
List #1: A E F H I K L M N T V W
List #2: B C D G J O P Q R S U
Solution: X, Y, and Z would go in List #1 since all the letters in that list consist of straight lines.
Puzzle #2: Each of the lists below groups letters according to a certain rule. Your challenge was to find that rule and use it to determine where the x, y, and z would go.
List #1: a c e m n o r s u v w
List #2: b d f g h i j k l p q t
Solution: x and z would go in List #1 because they are "short" letters. y would go in List #2 because it is a "long" letter.
Puzzle #3: What letters come next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, __, ___, ___
Solution: The next three letters are N, T, E (nine, ten, eleven).
Puzzle#4: What letters come next in this sequence?
J, F, M, A, M ,J ,J ,A, S, ___, ___, ___
Solution: The next three letters are O, N, D (October, November, December).