Puzzle 1
This arrow is currently pointing from South to North.
Move one line and add one other to leave the arrow pointing from East to West.
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The arrow doesn't move.
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Puzzle 2
Place the digits from 1 to 9 in each closed area so that the sum of the digits in each large square is the same.
1 has already been placed.
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Each large square adds to 11.
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Puzzle 3
At a local village gala, the entire population turned up, 500 people.
The event raised £3,000.
Tickets were priced as follows:
£7.48 men
£7.12 women
£0.45 children
How many children were there?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Try fixing the number of children to see what happens.
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92.
With 149 men and 259 women. The best way is to fix the number of children and play around with the numbers of the men and women to see what happens as these are changed. It soon becomes apparent how changing the children changes the answer and 92 is soon found.
Puzzle 4
What comes next in this sequence:
31 41 51 61 71 81 92 ?
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Hint
Write the numbers without any spaces.
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02.
These are the numbers 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 1 22, but spaced incorrectly.
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