53. Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it.

Five in the middle is seen.

The first of all figures,

The first of all letters

Take up their stations between.

Put them all together and you will bring

Before you the name of a biblical king.

Answers below.

54. Which candle burns longer, wax or tallow?

55. How do you make the number one disappear?

56. The challenge: Change more to less.

ANSWERS:

53. David. D is the Roman numeral for 500. V is the Roman numeral for 5. And the "first of all figures, the first of all letters" is the letter A. David is the biblical king.

54. Neither. Candles burn shorter.

55. Put a G in front of the one and it's Gone (get it? XD)

56. Change more to less one letter at a time:

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