on Wednesday, 1 April 2020
The numbers in this puzzle follow the below pattern:

       result = num*6 + 6 or (num+1) * 6.

For example
3*6 + 6 = 24

Hence for 9 the result will be 9*6 + 6 = 60.
So correct answer is 60.
In the below pattern guess the missing number


                                           12  78
                                            5   36
                                            3   24
                                            9    ?

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on Tuesday, 31 March 2020
The pattern is a bit tricky but easy to crack.
Missing number will be 4

The pattern followed is that the sum of two numbers is used to create the upper row.
Example
9+8 = 17 so last digit is 7.
next 8+6 = 14 . Here last digit is 4 and so on.

Hence the correct solution will be 4.
In the below pattern guess the missing number


                                                            ?
                                                        1     3
                                                     7    4     9
                                                  9    8     6    3


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on Saturday, 28 March 2020
We can pay the worker by doing 2 cuts in the chain.
Cut should be such that it divides the chain in the ratio of 4:2:1.
Let us say these pieces are 4x,2x and 1x.
For example - Let us say the chain length is 7 cm. Then make 2 cuts and get 3 pieces of the chain i.e 4 cm,2 cm and 1 cm.

Now the salary will be given to worker as :

Day 1 - Give him 1x cut.
Day 2 - Give him 2x cut and take back 1x cut.
Day 3 - Give him 1x cut.
Day 4 - Give him 4x cut and take back 1x and 2x cut.
Day 5 - Give him 1x cut.
Day 6 - Give him 2x cut and take back 1x cut.
Day 7 - Give him 1x cut.

This way we can pay the worker for 7 days.