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Hint
Where did Reed come in game 1?

Answer
Name     #1  #2
Kelly     1   2
Reed      2   1
Jamie     3   4
Sam       4   3

Reasoning
In Game1, (Clue1) Reed beat Jamie, and (Clue3) Jamie beat Sam.

   Game1: Reed, Jamie, Sam

Since (Clue3) Reed won Game2 , and (Clue4) no player got the same placing twice, Reed can't have won Game1, therefore Kelly did.

   Game1: Kelly, Reed, Jamie, Sam

In Game2:
   Reed won (Clue3).
   Sam can't have come last again (Clue4).
   Since Kelly beat Sam (Clue1), Sam can only have come third.

   Game2: Reed, Kelly, Sam, Jamie

Workings

Hint
Look at the first letters of each word.

Answer
Seals are rare and hungry.

The initial letters spell Sarah. All of the other sentences spell boys' names.

Workings

Hint
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.

Answer
Square feet in half a square mile.

Reasoning
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.

A mile is 1760 x 3 = 5280 feet in a mile.

A square mile is 5280 x 5280 = 27878400 square feet.

Therefore, half a square mile = 13,939,200 square feet.

A furlong is 1760 ÷ 8 = 220 yards.

Therefore, a cubic furlong is 220 x 220 x 220 = 10,648,000 cubic yards.

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.