Numeracy

Monday 03 June 1996 23:02 BST
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Today is the 4th of June.

Four is the number of:

Cups of tea drunk daily per capita in the UK;

Eggs eaten per week per capita in the UK;

Frogs eaten each year per capita in France;

Fatal accidents in UK homes caused by stationery or writing equipment in 1992;

Months an oyster can survive out of water.

Grams of salt in a litre of sweat.

Here are some more fours for you to disentangle:

4 H of the A

4 F on M M H

4 C B

4 P on a P T

4 E (M M L and J)

(Answers tomorrow)

Friday's answer:

SPIDER = 79 (add the numbers corresponding to the places of each letter in the alphabet, then top up with the number of the animal's legs.

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