Topics: Starter | Geometry | Riddles | Shape

• Transum,
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• This form of a riddle or word puzzle used to be more popular than it is today. The structure of the riddle is that each line (the first seven lines in this case) gives a clue to a single letter of the answer. The last line (the eighth line in this case) then gives a clue to the complete answer.
  You can work out from line one that the first letter of the answer occurs in the word ‘shape’ and also in the word ‘space'. By process of elimination you can see that the first letter of the answer must be S, P, A or E.
  Work through the other lines of the riddle to determine what the other letter possibilities and then you are well on your way to solving the riddle.
• Christine Oldham, City College Coventry
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• Third letter - in point but NOT in line to make septagon.
  
  [Transum: Good try Christine but the answer is not septagon]
• Andy Rickard, Horsforth
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• As well as correcting line 3 to NOT, I would also change line one to NOT so it spells heptagon rather than septagon which is a mixture of latin and greek. I also changed operation to tangent and corrected the grammar.
  
  [Transum: Good try Andy but the answer is not heptagon nor is it septagon]
• Adrian, Virtual School Victoria
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• I am not sure if this is correct but I have the shape as a [????????] meaning that the angle sum inside would be [???] degrees.
  
  [Transum: You are absolutely correct Adrian but you answers have been hidden so as not to spoil the fun for others]

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