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Puzzle 1 


Can you fill the thermometers with mercury, such that the numbers outside the grid indicate how many cells in each row and column contain mercury.

Mercury always starts filling from the bottom of a thermometer and not every thermometer has to contain mercury.

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter

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Puzzle 2 


What is the smallest positive integer, which …

… when multiplied by 7 gives a number consisting of only 6's?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


Which fruit comes next in this sequence:

banana  pear  kiwi  tomato  ?
Choose from:

peach, lemon, plum, guava

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


If cat and a half can catch a mouse and a half in a day and a half how many mice can 3 cats catch in 3 days?

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