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Puzzle 5 


A grocer has to place 28,121 carrots into bags, each bag containing the same number of carrots, and using as few bags as possible.

If you think that one big bag will suffice, then feel free to calculate its size!

If we assume that more than one bag is used, how many are required?

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Puzzle 6 


Focus on this conundrum, do it quickly, or do it slowly. What is so wrong with it? Or so right? It is a most odd conundrum. A quick brown fox jumps, hops, and vaults past a lazy dog! Can you work out what it is? Don't skip any words, and you'll soon spot it. It isn't too hard!

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Puzzle 7 


Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

We told Cliff to run, 'Run Cliff, run'. So Cliff ran, celebrating his recent victory in the inter-departmental relay race.

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Puzzle 8 


What four-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two new words:
table[----]house

In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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