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Puzzle 1 


If Malcolm, Laura, John, Alan, Brenda and Kevin like chocolate …

… and Norman, Steve, Thomas, Zebedee do not …

… does Peter like chocolate?

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Puzzle 2 


Which word is the odd one out:
ceelry caorrt caabbeg caefilloruw caehikort

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Puzzle 3 


Last week, I travelled from London to Stoke.

On the first day, I travelled one half of the distance.

On day two, I travelled one third of the remaining distance.

On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.

Yesterday I travelled one half of the remaining distance.

I now have 5 miles left to travel.

How far is it from Stoke to London in total?

Line showing dots at the distances.

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Puzzle 4 


Start with a number larger than 0, square it, add 4, double, take away 3, times 4 and finally subtract the original number.

If you were now left with 20, what number did you start with?

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