Puzzle 5
At the local BrainBashers Sunday School meeting, the teacher brought in some puppies.
There were 20 more children than puppies.
In the corner of the room, within the ant's nest, the number of ants was 10 times the number of children.
In total, including the teacher, the children, the puppies, and the ants, there were 1440 legs in the room.
How many children attended?
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Puzzle 6
Marathon Results – Logic Puzzles
The recent BrainBashers annual marathon has just taken place.
The judges have given up keeping track of who won, as the results go missing every year.
Using the following spectators' notes, can you determine who finished where?
Terry Tipton finished after Lake Linkerton and Alex Adams but before Mason Miller.
Pat Peterson finished before Dale Dartford and Lake Linkerton.
Ryan Richards finished after Pat Peterson and before Jesse Jacks and Harper Hall.
Kelly Kirkpatrick finished after Pat Peterson, Mason Miller, and Terry Tipton.
Lake Linkerton finished after Alex Adams and Dale Dartford but before Jesse Jacks and Mason Miller.
Mason Miller finished after Ryan Richards and Alex Adams.
Alex Adams finished before Jesse Jacks, Mason Miller, and Pat Peterson.
Dale Dartford finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton but after Ryan Richards.
Jesse Jacks finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton, and Mason Miller, but after Pat Peterson and Dale Dartford.
Harper Hall finished before Mason Miller but after Lake Linkerton, Jesse Jacks, and Terry Tipton.
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Puzzle 7
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
-e-rd
-u-et
wa-t-
-um-y
-e-er
a-o-e
mi--d
-hew-
hu-i-
-abi-
co--h
ho--e
arg--
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Puzzle 8
During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.
The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.
Can you find the ten animals?
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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