I stumbled the other day across an old book called "A Diversity of Puzzles" by E. R. Emmot. Lots of FUN!

See if you can solve this puzzle from that book:

Albert, Bert, Charlie, Douggie, Ernie, and Fred have their birthdays on consecutive days, but not necessarily in that order.

D's birthday is as many days before A's as it is after  F's.

C's birthday is as many days before F's as B's is after F's.

This year E's birthday is on Saturday.

On what day of the week do the birthdays of the other five men fall this year?
 

I give a try

C: Tuesday

F: Wednesday

B: Thursday

D: friday

E : saturday

A: sunday

Jaq:

C: Tuesday
F: Wednesday
B: Thursday
D: friday
E : saturday
A: sunday

Correct you are!!

Simple addition

What are the digits behind the various letters?
 
A B L B  +  B G L B  =  L Z A A

The same letter stands for the same digit whenever it appears, and different letters stand for different digits. 

A = 4

B = 2

L = 7

G = 8

Z = 1

Simple addition

D H E S + J H H S + R H D S = H H J H

Hello, was I right for the first addition?

I have a guess for this one

J = 1

R = 2

S = 3

D = 4

E = 8

H = 9

Football Time!

By the end of the season, three football teams played each other once. the following score sheet was not completely filled and at the top of that there was one error scribed.

Team        Played        Won        Lost         Tied        Goals for        Goals against 

A                                                                   1                                          0

B                                                                   2               2                          3

C                                   1               1                                                          6

• What was the mistake?
• What was the score in each of the matches played?
• Correct and Complete   the above Table.                           
  

Team        Played        Won        Lost         Tied        Goals for        Goals against 

A                                    1             0               1                4                        0

B                                     0             1               1               2                         3

C                                    1               1              0               3                         6

In red the mistake. Score A-B: 0-0, A-C: 4-0, B-C: 2-3

Jaq:

Team        Played        Won        Lost         Tied        Goals for        Goals against 

A                                    1             0               1                4                        0

B                                     0             1               1               2                         3

C                                    1               1              0               3                         6

In red the mistake. Score A-B: 0-0, A-C: 4-0, B-C: 2-3

        XTMB
     WHMW
       TTMW
   + MXMB
  -----------
     MBBBB

Red M missing, and M=1, X=3, T=4, H=5, B=6 and W=7

Jaq:

        XTMB
     WHMW
       TTMW
   + MXMB
  -----------
     MBBBB

Red M missing, and M=1, X=3, T=4, H=5, B=6 and W=7

 

madcow:

I gotta get in on this, shhs ...

Within the Brainiac School, the science dept. has three disciplines. In total, 280 students study chemistry, 254 students study physics and 280 students study biology.
97 study both chemistry & physics, 138 study both physics & biology, 152 study both chemistry & biology. 73 study all 3 disciplines.

Can you determine how many students, in total, are enrolled in the science dept?

In case one has the right to use zero, I have another solution:

 XTMB
HHMW
TTMW
 MXMB
--------
  BBBB

In red the mistake, X=0, H=1, T=3, M=4, W=6 and B=6

     348
   1146
   3346
+ 4048
    -----
   8888

Jaq:

In case one has the right to use zero, I have another solution:

 XTMB
HHMW
TTMW
 MXMB
--------
  BBBB

In red the mistake, X=0, H=1, T=3, M=4, W=6 and B=8

     348
   1146
   3346
+ 4048
    -----
   8888

shhs:

madcow:

I gotta get in on this, shhs ...

Within the Brainiac School, the science dept. has three disciplines. In total, 280 students study chemistry, 254 students study physics and 280 students study biology.
97 study both chemistry & physics, 138 study both physics & biology, 152 study both chemistry & biology. 73 study all 3 disciplines.

Can you determine how many students, in total, are enrolled in the science dept?

Calririfcation is needed.

The 280 chemistry, 254 physics, and 280 biology students. Does this sentence represent the total number of students who study those subjects respectively, or those students who are taking only that particular subject?

madcow:

I gotta get in on this, shhs ...

Within the Brainiac School, the science dept. has three disciplines. In total, 280 students study chemistry, 254 students study physics and 280 students study biology.
97 study both chemistry & physics, 138 study both physics & biology, 152 study both chemistry & biology. 73 study all 3 disciplines.

Can you determine how many students, in total, are enrolled in the science dept?