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Puzzle 1 


Last week, I travelled from London to Stoke.

On the first day, I travelled one half of the distance.

On day two, I travelled one third of the remaining distance.

On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.

Yesterday I travelled one half of the remaining distance.

I now have 5 miles left to travel.

How far is it from Stoke to London in total?

Line showing dots at the distances.

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Puzzle 2 


Below is a grid which should contain boy's names. The missing letters for a particular column are listed at the top of that column. Can you 'drop' the missing letters in and complete the grid?

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Puzzle 3 


Can you find a three-digit number such that when you reverse the numbers you get a larger number and the product of these two numbers is 224455?

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Puzzle 4 


As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

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