Puzzle 1
Painter Pete did such a good job of the housing estate, he was asked to paint the room numbers on all of the doors of the fourth floor of the local hotel.
Pete painted all of the numbers from 400 to 499.
How many times did he paint the number 4?
Puzzle 2
Four shepherds were watching over their flocks, and they were commenting on how many sheep they each had.
If Alex had three more sheep, then he'd have one fewer sheep than Billie.
Whereas Drew has the same number as the other three shepherds put together.
If Charlie had three fewer sheep, he'd have exactly three times the number of Alex.
If they were evenly distributed, they'd each have eleven sheep.
How many sheep does Alex have?
Puzzle 3
Can you find a three-letter word that completes these words?
b---
d---
m---et
p---ing
sh---
Puzzle 4
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 4 · 8 · 13 · 21 · 30 · 36 · ?