BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

At school, most of my friends learnt French. I learnt Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the area when I grew up.

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Puzzle 2

I am compiling the BrainBashers world almanac and it now contains quite a few pages. But just how many?

I know that it takes 121 digits to print all of the page numbers in sequence.

So, how many numbered pages does the book have, and how many times does the number 9 appear?

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Puzzle 3

Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, adding up the numbers along the way, what is the largest sum that can be made?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 4

Complete this grid, using the letters AAADDEEEEKSSSS.

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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