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Puzzle 13 



Farmer Stone is quite an eccentric dairy farmer.

He originally had a total of 54 gallons of milk in three churns, and he wanted to make sure each churn contained 18 gallons of milk.

In order to do this, he did the following:

First, he poured 1/4 of the first churn into the second churn.
He then poured 1/2 of the second churn into the third churn.
Finally, he poured 1/3 of the third churn into the first churn.
How many gallons did each churn contain before Farmer Stone started pouring?

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Puzzle 14 



The BrainBashers Speed Skating championship was recently completed, however, the computer storing the results suffered from a power cut!

Using the following snippets of information, can you work out who finished where, their ages (18, 21, 24, and 28), and the colour they wore?

The youngest, who didn't wear blue, won the championship.
Jesse was three years younger than the person who wore red.
Kelly performed well to finish in second place.
Logan wore green, and Max was the oldest competitor.
The person who wore yellow was younger than Kelly.
The person who came last was 21.

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Puzzle 15 



Last week I decided to cycle to my Grandparents's house.

On the 1st day, I cycled half of the distance.

On the 2nd day, I cycled one half of the remaining distance.

On the 3rd day, I cycled three quarters of the remaining distance.

On the 4th day, I cycled 10 miles.

On the 5th day, I cycled two thirds of the remaining distance.

On the final day, I cycled the remaining 5 miles.

How far is it to my Grandparent's house?

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Puzzle 16 



Bog Snorkelling - Logic Puzzles

Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned BrainBashers Bog Snorkelling competition.

As usual, the judges were a little careless and once again, they managed to lose the results.

Luckily, a number of spectators were able to remember the following snippets of information:

Only one person wore the same number as the position they finished.
Gary, who didn't wear green, beat Barry.
Larry beat the person who wore yellow.
The person who wore number 3, wore green.
The person who wore number 2 finished first, whereas Harry came last.
The person who finished second wore green, Barry wore yellow, and the person wearing red beat the person wearing blue.
Can you work out who finished where, and the number and colour they wore?

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