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Puzzle 1 


If a farmer buys chicken feed for 57c per tonne, pig feed for $1.52 per tonne and cattle feed for 43c per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.

How much of each would he have if they had 100 tonnes for $100?

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Puzzle 2 


How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Rooks On D6, F3

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Puzzle 3 


Three people check into a hotel.

They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room.

The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the porter to return to the people.

On the way to the room the porter reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so they keep £2 and give £1 to each person.

Now each person paid £10 and got back £1.

So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The porter has £2, totalling £29.

Where is the missing £1?

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Puzzle 4 


Below you will find 15 well-known seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
----nst ----nip ----fth ----rno ----dox ----sil ----nac ----iem ----arb ----ior ----bey ----van ----ipt ----dth ----nox

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