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Puzzle 1 


My BrainBashers calculator is low on batteries again, and the following multiplication is wrong. Can you correct it?

Each of the numbers has the correct digits, but they have been mixed up.

Luckily, the solution is correct, which makes the task a little easier.
    2471
    3725 x
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22084429

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Puzzle 2 


What comes next in this sequence:

fawn · bear · lion · mole · ?
Choose from:

seal, duck, stag, vole, wolf

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Puzzle 3 


I started a journey to my Aunt's yesterday with a full tank of gasoline, 10 gallons, but at that exact moment my gasoline tank sprang a leak.

I managed to drive 50 miles, in exactly one hour, before coming to a complete stop with an empty tank.

I know that the car manages 25 miles per gallon.

How quickly was I losing gasoline?

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Puzzle 4 


You can imagine an arrow in flight, toward a target. For the arrow to reach the target, the arrow must first travel half of the overall distance from the starting point to the target. Next, the arrow must travel half of the remaining distance.

For example, if the starting distance was 10m, the arrow first travels 5m, then 2.5m.

If you extend this concept further, you can imagine the resulting distances getting smaller and smaller. Will the arrow ever reach the target?

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