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Workings

Hint
You'll need to think a little laterally.

Answer
If you look very carefully, you will see that there are actually two matchsticks under the other seven, so you can take away eight matchsticks and still leave one behind.

Workings

Hint
The word begins with the letter C.

Answer
CAT.
LO...E   =  LOCATE
EDU...E  =  EDUCATE
VA...E   =  VACATE
S...TER  =  SCATTER
S...HE   =  SCATHE
...ER    =  CATER

Workings

Hint
The word begins with the letter S.

Answer
SWIMS.

Workings

Hint
Work out how many each can eat in one minute.

Answer
53 minutes.

Reasoning
In one minute, Eddie eats 11 bananas (= 110 ÷ 10).

In one minute, Hugo eats 7 bananas (= 56 ÷ 8).

So in total, they eat 18 bananas every minute.

So it will take 954 ÷ 18 = 53 minutes.