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Puzzle 1 


As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

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Puzzle 2 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 5 different answers, can you find them all?
-e-el b-d s-i-l swa-- fo- -er-y a-ur- -u-dy -uo-e -e-a-e ed-- sc-r-y l-p --lls

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Puzzle 3 


What letter should complete this sequence:

L · A · H · A · R · U · R · E · D · L · ?

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Puzzle 4 


My local bus company has recently expanded and no longer has enough room inside its garage for all of its buses.

Twelve of their buses have to be stored outside.

If they decide to increase their garage space by 40% they will have enough room for all of their current buses, plus enough room to store another twelve in the future.

How many buses does the company currently own?

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