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Hint
Look down?

Answer
R.

From the top row of a keyboard backwards.

Workings

Hint
One of the words end in K. Remember that a skunk isn't a reptile, or an amphibian.

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-r-g       = frog -o-t-i-e   = tortoise -n-k-      = snake -e-t       = newt -i-a-d     = lizard -r-c-d-l-  = crocodile -a-a-a-d-r = salamander -u-t-e     = turtle -k-n-      = skink a-l-g-t-r  = alligator

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Hint
A little bit of algebra might help.

Answer
There are four boys and three girls.

If we call the number of boys B, and girls G.

From the first statement (we take one off as Billy is a boy):

              B - 1 = G

and similarly:

        2 x (G - 1) = B

Substitute G from the first equation into the second equation to give:

  2 x ((B - 1) - 1) = B

    2 x (B - 1) - 2 = B

      2 x B - 2 - 2 = B

          2 x B - 4 = B

                  B = 4

which means that B = 4 and hence G = 3.

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Hint
Look at the first letter of each month.

Answer
199.

Take the first letter of the month, and find its position in the alphabet: S = 19.

Then take the number of letters in the month: September = 9.
January    10-7
February   6-8
March      13-5
April      1-5
May        13-3
June       10-4
July       10-4
August     1-6
September  19-9