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Puzzle 1 



At midnight at the start of January 1st, Professor Stone set two old-fashioned clocks to the correct time.

One clock gains one minute every hour, and the other clock loses two minutes every hour.

When will the clocks next show the same time as each other?
When will the clocks both show the correct time?

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Puzzle 2 



Alex and Billie were rowing their canoe along the River Trent.

In the morning, they managed to row upstream at an average speed of 2 miles per hour.

They then stopped for a spot of lunch and a nice rest.

In the afternoon, the pace was a little easier as they were now rowing downstream back to their starting point, and managed an average speed of 4 miles an hour.

The morning trip took them 3 hours longer than the afternoon.

How far did they row upstream?

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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 which can be made?

52541 76173 59415 23832 31496
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Puzzle 4 



Complete this grid with the digits 1 to 6 to make the sum correct.

Perform each mathematical operation in the order shown, from left to right, so 1 + 2 x 3 is treated as (1 + 2) x 3 = 9.

Consecutive numbers are not next to each other, there is no ÷ 1, and at no point is a decimal or a fraction used.

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