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OK, you may not want to do this teaser now that you are here. If you have not got a pen and paper handy then I advise you wait until you have, unless, of course, you are of a greater intelligence than most of us.
This puzzle is based on an abacus. What you have is an abacus with five wires running horizontally, and on these wires are letters instead of numbers, but numbers do come into it later.
I am now going to tell you which letters are on the abacus.
First/top wire : F,O
Second wire : F,O,N
Third wire : I,U,S,E
Fourth wire : V,R,I
Fifth wire : E,X
OK now see if you can slide the beads along the wires to make numbers (I told you they came into it) reading downward.
The words have to be in a straight line, not diagonally.
This puzzle is based on an abacus. What you have is an abacus with five wires running horizontally, and on these wires are letters instead of numbers, but numbers do come into it later.
I am now going to tell you which letters are on the abacus.
First/top wire : F,O
Second wire : F,O,N
Third wire : I,U,S,E
Fourth wire : V,R,I
Fifth wire : E,X
OK now see if you can slide the beads along the wires to make numbers (I told you they came into it) reading downward.
The words have to be in a straight line, not diagonally.
Hint
1) You might want to draw two abacuses and not just one.2) Beads can't jump over one another; they are on a wire.
Answer
Starting at the left hand word: five, four, six and one, like this:------F-----O--
--F--O-----N--
--I---U--S--E--
--V--R--I-----
--E------X-----
Hope you enjoyed my teaser.
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