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Puzzle 1 


After visiting one of my very old relatives, I travelled home in their old jalopy. The car was old and battered, it had a leak from the petrol tank, and I was stuck in second gear.

This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of fuel.

At the start of the journey, I had placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the tank. I knew though, that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a gallon per hour.

Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of fuel and I had only just made it.

How far was it from my relative's house to my home?

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Puzzle 2 


I travelled from London to Glasgow last week at 60 miles per hour, I had filled my petrol tank just before I left, and it was full to the brim (25 gallons).

Unfortunately, my petrol tank sprang a leak immediately, and I only managed to drive 300 miles before I ran out of petrol.

My car does 30 miles per gallon, how fast was I losing petrol through the hole?

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Puzzle 3 


This multiplication contains the numbers 1 to 9. Can you complete it?
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  3. x
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Puzzle 4 


Complete this grid of four common 4-letter words written horizontally.

Once complete, the first and last columns are two related words.

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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