Puzzle for the day

[Rakhal]

And the second cookie is awarded! Well done!

Getzeye: 7
Halbarad: 7
Edward: 1 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 2
Asrana: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
KLSymph: 1
Sunhawk: 1

[Getzeye]

Gah! XD

Add on:

Rakhal-sama : 1 cookie ^.^

[Rakhal]

Billy has one more sister than he has brothers. If Billy had one less brother he would have three times as many sisters as brothers. How many boys and girls in the family.
--Rakhal

[Getzeye]

EDIT:
6 girls and 4 boys including Billy himself. >.>

[Rakhal]

No cookie awarded yet....

[Prince Herb]

3 boys and 3 girls.

[Rakhal]

Cookie awarded! Congrats!

Getzeye: 7
Halbarad: 7
Edward: 1 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 2
Asrana: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
KLSymph: 1
Prince Herb: 1
Sunhawk: 1

[Rakhal]

Three puzzles today.

1>
What one three-letter syllable can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?

LION____
WINTER____
DOWNS____
OXID____


2>
Unscramble the following four anagrams then find the missing letter that
completes each word. The missing letter is the same letter for each word.

AWRIE
ISCEEER
SSLENA
ATCNGIE


3>
A bottle of coins sat on the table. When it was opened there was a total of $8.10. There was an equal number of dimes, quarters and silver dollars, but no other denominations of coins. How many of each were there?

--Rakhal

(editted to fix goof in puzzle 1)

[Ragnar]

1> -ize is the only one I can think of; do you mean "downs" instead of "down"?



3> 6 of each

[Rakhal]

2 cookies awarded to Ragnar, and yes, it should have been DOWNS, not DOWN,very sorry.

Getzeye: 7
Halbarad: 7
Edward: 1 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 2
Ragnar: 2
Asrana: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
KLSymph: 1
Prince Herb: 1
Sunhawk: 1

One cookie up for grabs still

[Edward]

One cookie up for grabs still

Are you sure you have all the letters correct for 2?

[Rakhal]

All letters were correct for puzzle #2. I get to keep a cookie :)

The Answer for the four anagrams were

AWRIE   -> WAXIER
ISCEEER -> EXERCISE
SSLENA  -> LAXNESS
ATCNGIE -> EXACTING

And the missing letter was of course X

And now for todays puzzle

The following puzzle consists of one word that can be split into two words.

One word: Comprehend
Two words: located beneath a bleacher

--Rakhal

[Bean Bandit]

This seems to obvious to be correct, but I'll give it a shot.

One word: Understand

Two words: Under stand

[Rakhal]

You're quite correct. Cookie awarded!

Getzeye: 7
Halbarad: 7
Edward: 1 + 1 muffin
Kwok: 2
Ragnar: 2
Asrana: 1
Bean Bandit: 1
Carthrat: 1
Dune: 1
KLSymph: 1
Prince Herb: 1
Sunhawk: 1

Unclaimed: 1

[Rakhal]

What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same six letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?

The principal ______ the teachers lack of dscipline for the ______ that went on in his classroom.

--Rakhal