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Puzzle 5 


Kevin is 5 years old, James is also 5, and Rebecca is 7.

How old is Jacqueline?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 6 


In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.

The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.

This sentence contains ? X.
Slightly trickier, this sentence contains ? R's.
Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ? E's.
This sentence has exactly ? letters.
This sentence, hopefully, contains ? letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's.
To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain ? letters!

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 7 


Take away eight of the matches below, and leave one matchstick behind.

There are no hidden matchsticks.

Match Puzzle

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

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

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Puzzle 8 


I have a jar of sweets.

There are 234 red, 26 blue, 67 green and 63 yellow sweets.

What chance do I have of picking a blue one with my eyes shut?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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