Eight eights Puzzle

Eight eights Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Eight eights
Using 8 exactly eight times to make a 1000.

You can use any mathematical symbols
Our Solution:
By Shivani Dixit:
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

by Patrick Saunders:
(8(8(8+8)-(8+8)/8))-8

by Year 10 Set 4 at Lady Manners in Derbyshire:
8888/8.888

By Daryl S::
(888-8) + 8×(8+8) - 8
((8×(8+8))-((8+8+8)/8))*8
(8+((8+8)/8))^((8+8+8)/8)
(8+((8+8)/8))^((88/8)-8)
((8×(8+8))-((88/8)-8))×8
(8888-888)/8

By Manoj Kumar Nanduri:
8(8×8+8×8)-8-8-8


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Alphabetical Order

Alphabetical Order Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Alphabetical Order
Find a number with its letters in alphabetical order.

Example: "five" has "fiv" in alphabetical order, but not "e".




Our Solution:
Forty

It is the only number we know of in English with its letters in alphabetical order. And that is the correct spelling.

Examples from other languages:
In Spanish there is Dos (2)
In French there is Deux (2), Cinq (5), Dix (10), Cent (100)
In German there is Eins (1) 
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A Weighty Problem Puzzle

A Weighty Problem Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
A Weighty Problem
I have ten boxes which I want to pack into crates. Each crate can carry a maximum of 25 kg.

But I only have three crates, and the total weight of the boxes is 75kg:

15 kg, 13kg, 11 kg, 10 kg, 9 kg, 8 kg, 4 kg, 2 kg, 2kg, 1 kg

How can I pack the boxes into the crates?




Our Solution:
Ten possible answers

{Crate 1}, {Crate 2}, {Crate 3}
{15,10}, {13,8,4}, {11,9,2,2,1}
{15,10}, {13,11,1}, {9,8,4,2,2}
{15,10}, {11,8,4,2}, {13,9,2,1}
{15,10}, {11,9,4,1}, {13,8,2,2}
{11,10,4}, {15,8,2}, {13,9,2,1}
{11,10,4}, {15,9,1}, {13,8,2,2}
{13,8,4}, {15,9,1}, {11,10,2,2}
{13,10,2}, {15,8,2}, {11,9,4,1}
{13,10,2}, {15,9,1}, {11,8,4,2}
{13,11,1}, {15,8,2}, {10,9,4,2}
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