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Hint
The number is less than 20.

Answer
8.

Reasoning
We need a number (N) such that:

2 x N = 14 + N
             —
             4

Multiply throughout by 4 to give:

8 x N = 56 + N

So:

7 x N = 56

So N = 8.

Double-Checking
Its double is 16.

Its quarter is 2.

So its double is fourteen more than its quarter.

Workings

Hint
Look at the gaps in the alphabetic position.

Answer
V.

Skip three and two letters alternately.

Workings

Hint
There are 1,760 yards in a mile, 3 feet in a yard, and 12 inches in a foot.

Answer
Inches in a mile.

Reasoning
There are 1,760 yards in a mile, 3 feet in a yard, and 12 inches in a foot.

There are 1760 x 3 x 12 = 63,360 inches in a mile, and around 1,000 x 52 = 52,000 Sundays in a thousand years.

Depending on the day of the week the first day of the year falls, there are either 52,177 or 52,178 Sundays in a thousand years.

Workings

Hint
One of the cheeses is Cheddar.

Answer
Edam, Cheddar, Brie, Cheshire.