Puzzle 109
A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally between the pupils.
If there were more than 20, but fewer than 50 pupils, how many sweets did each receive?
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Hint
What numbers divide into 703?
Answer
The 37 pupils each received 19 sweets.
Reasoning
703 can only be broken down into 19 x 37, it has no other factors.
Puzzle 110
Can you highlight exactly three numbers that add to 17?

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Hint
You have to highlight three numbers.
Answer
2 + 13 + 2 = 17.
The puzzle didn't ask for three digits to be highlighted!
Puzzle 111
What are the next three digits in this sequence:
7 · 3 · 1 · 8 · 2 · 8 · 5 · 3 · 1 · 5 · 3 · 0 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 4 · 3 · 0 · ? · ? · ?
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Hint
This question involves the months of the year in some way.
Answer
4 3 1.
Reasoning
This is the sequence of the length of the name of the month, and the number of days in that month.
7 3 1 = January, which has 7 letters, and 31 days.
8 2 8 = February, which has 8 letters, and 28 days.
5 3 1 = March, which has 5 letters, and 31 days.
5 3 0 = April, which has 5 letters, and 30 days.
3 3 1 = May, which has 3 letters, and 31 days.
4 3 0 = June, which has 4 letters, and 30 days.
Which means the next three digits are:
4 3 1 = July, which has 4 letters, and 31 days.
Puzzle 112
Can you complete this grid of letters?
Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letters missing.
The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.
What is the missing word?
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Hint
The first missing letter is D, giving DineD.
Answer
DENTS.
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