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Puzzle 109 


Painter Pete, our local DIY expert, is renovating the local hospital.

He has to number each of the rooms in the hospital with plastic numbers.

However, he has run out of the number 9.

Unfortunately, he has no spare 6's available, which certainly would have been useful.

How many 9's must Pete buy in order to number all 1,000 rooms?

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Puzzle 110 


Last week my wife and I found ourselves stranded on an island, oops!

Unfortunately, we were also stranded with our two sons, with no clear means of rescue.

Luckily, I came across an old rickety boat which I knew could carry either one adult or two children.

How did I rescue my family?

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Puzzle 111 


Traffic was bad going to work this morning. I only managed to average 30 mph.

How fast must I go home tonight, along the same route, to average 60 mph for the entire round trip?

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Puzzle 112 


The month of March in the year 1980 contained 5 Saturdays and 5 Mondays.

What day of the week was the 15th of March?

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