BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Starting with HATE, change one letter at a time until you have the word LOVE-

Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word-

What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?

There are four different answers using common words, can you find all four?
hate
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----
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love

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Puzzle 2

Three builders are laying a brick wall.

Freddie can lay 1,000 bricks in three hours, Jimmy can lay 1,000 bricks in two hours and Kevin can lay 1,000 bricks in six hours.

How long will it take Freddie, Jimmy, and Kevin to lay 1,000 bricks if they all work together?

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Puzzle 3

Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week …

… or the number of minutes in a year?

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Puzzle 4

Can you find a five digit number which is four times its reverse?

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