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Puzzle 5 


Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, adding up the numbers along the way, what is the largest sum that can be made?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 6 


Alex and Billie have to empty all of the bookshelves in the library, and move the books into storage.

Alex, on her own, can empty the bookshelves in 18 hours.

Billie, on her own, can also empty the bookshelves in 18 hours.

Unfortunately, Drew likes to move the books from storage back onto the bookshelves, and she can refill the bookshelves in 36 hours.

How long will it take the three of them, working at the same time, to empty the bookshelves?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 7 


What comes next in this sequence:

Bucket  raisins  aardvark  igloo  north  Bradawl  ?
Choose from:

drink, zebra, road, alphabet, lion, keyboard

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 8 


At the local play group for babies and toddlers, I was asking about the number of teddies each of child had.

The four children are aged 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Remarkably, the children have one, two, three and four teddies, although not necessarily respectively.

Dale has more teddies that their age. Jesse is older than Morgan. Curiously only one child has the same number of teddies as their age. Pat has fewer teddies than Jesse and the child aged 3 has two teddies. Pat is the youngest.

Can you determine who has which teddies?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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