The Stolen Coins

Someone stole gold coins from a museum near the park. No one saw the thief take the coins, so there isn’t a description of the robber. Slylock Fox suspects one of the creatures in the park is the thief. Which one?

The raccoon on the seesaw couldn’t hold the heavier bear off the ground unless he was carrying something heavy. Since gold is one of the heaviest metals, Slylock suspects the raccoon is the thief and has hidden the coins in his clothes.

Broken Clock

An old wall clock falls on the ground and breaks into 3 pieces. Describe the pieces, if you know that the sum of the numbers on each of them is the same.

The total of all numbers on the clock is 1 + 2 + … + 12 = 78. Therefore each piece must contain numbers with total sum 26. The only way for this to happen is if the pieces are broken via 3 parallel lines – {1, 2, 11, 12}, {3, 4, 9, 10}, {5, 6, 7, 8}.