Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

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Find The Next Number in the series:

12 13 15 17 111 113 117 119 123 ?

Your job is to measure 45 minutes if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.

1. The two cords are twisted from various materials, so their different segments can burn at different rates.
2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.

Describe your way of measuring the 45 minutes.

Can you find out a way through which you can make five squares out of the given figure by moving just six match sticks?

Replace the question mark with the number below given a simple math problem.

John has eleven friends. He has a bowl containing eleven apples. Now He wants to divide the eleven apples among his friends, in such a way that an apple should remain in his bowl.
How can He do it?

why number 8549176320 is one of a kind?

What number comes next in this sequence:
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 _

John and Jenni are a married couple. They have two kids, one of them is a girl. Assume safely that the probability of each gender is 1/2.
What is the probability that the other kid is also a girl?

Hint: It is not 1/2 as you would first think.

You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 gallons and the other 3 gallons. How can you measure 4 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket?

(Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)