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Puzzle 13 


A woman had three old coins: a silver dollar, a quarter, and a dime. Each coin was a little battered and had a piece missing. She found that exactly the same fraction had broken away from each coin.

What fraction of each was missing if the value of the remaining bits of coins was now exactly one dollar in total?

For this puzzle it can be assumed that 1/2 a coin is worth 1/2 of its value.

Based on a puzzle by Henry Ernest Dudeney.

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Puzzle 14 


In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a number of birds.

A local bird spotter knows that there are as many birds on each tree as there are trees in the wood, and that there are between 2,000 and 2,100 birds in total.

How many trees are there in the wood?

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Puzzle 15 


Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes.

He likes balloons, but does not like parties!

He likes books, but does not like reading!

He likes weeds, but does not like flowers!

He likes swimming, but does not like water!

Does he like towns or villages?

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Puzzle 16 


Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries?

In each case, the letter indicates the first letter of the country in question, the number represents the number of letters in the country.

For example, E7 would be England.
B10 E5 F4 F7 J5 L13 N9 S11 T7 Z6

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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