There are 29 students in Miss Spelling’s class. As a special holiday gift, she bought each of them chocolate letters with which they can spell their names. Unfortunately, some letters cost more than others — for instance, the letter A, which is in high demand, is rather pricey; whereas the letter Q, which almost no one wants, is relatively inexpensive.
The price of the chocolate letters for each student in her class is shown in the table below.
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AIDEN – 386 |
ARI – 209 |
ARIEL – 376 |
BLAIRE – 390 |
CHARLES – 457 |
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CLARE – 334 |
DEAN – 317 |
EARL – 307 |
FRIDA – 273 |
GABRIEL – 410 |
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IVY – 97 |
KOLE – 249 |
LEIA – 317 |
LEO – 242 |
MAVIS – 246 |
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NADINE – 453 |
NED – 236 |
PAUL – 167 |
QASIM – 238 |
RACHEL – 394 |
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RAFI – 231 |
SAM – 168 |
TIRA – 299 |
ULA – 148 |
VERA – 276 |
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VIJAY – 179 |
WOLKE – 272 |
XAVIER – 346 |
ZERACH – 355 |
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How much would it cost to buy the letters in your name?
This brainteaser was written by Patrick Vennebush.