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Puzzle 1 


My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Austria      1,800 miles
New Zealand  2,400 miles
Japan        1,200 miles
Brazil       1,400 miles

How far away did it list Argentina as?

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Puzzle 2 


Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
finger[---]toe   copy[---]walk    don[---]hole    out[---]trot  every[---]dream
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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Puzzle 3 


I am a nine letter word (123456789).

From 6523 grows a plant.

I 689, I 689, I 689, it's no joke.

751 rhymes with you.

421 rhymes too!

What am I?

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Puzzle 4 


Tommy: "How old are you, mamma?"

Mamma: "Let me think, Tommy. Well, our three ages add up to exactly seventy years."

Tommy: "That's a lot, isn't it? And how old are you, papa?"

Papa: "Just six times as old as you, my son."

Tommy: "Shall I ever be half as old as you, papa?"

Papa: "Yes, Tommy; and when that happens our three ages will add up to exactly twice as much as to-day."

Tommy: "And supposing I was born before you, papa; and supposing mamma had forgot all about it, and hadn't been at home when I came; and supposing--"

Mamma: "Supposing, Tommy, we talk about bed. Come along, darling. You'll have a headache."

Now, if Tommy had been some years older he might have calculated the exact ages of his parents from the information they had given him. Can you find out the exact age of mamma?

Mamma's Age, Amusements In Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney.

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