Puzzle 129
Our local scrap merchant had to travel to the county recycling plant, 60 miles away.
On the way there, the wagon was fully laden, so could only manage a steady 12mph.
On the way back, the wagon was much lighter and could manage a steady 16mph.
The wagon started with 24 gallons of fuel in the tank ready for the round trip, which was easily enough fuel as the wagon managed to travel 8 miles for each gallon.
Unfortunately, a piece of metal had pierced the fuel pipe at the very start of the trip, and the wagon began to lose 1 gallon of fuel every hour.
Luckily, it only lost fuel when moving and lost no fuel while unloading the scrap metal.
Were the 24 gallons enough for the entire round trip?
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Puzzle 130
A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.
For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run
How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.
team
cost
flew
ward
fail
rook
soft
most
lamp
load
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Puzzle 131
Below you can find 8 words that have had their beginnings and endings removed. In each case, the same two letters can be found at the beginning and the end. For example REspiRE.
--qui--
--yli--
--tat--
--gib--
--liv--
--rmi--
--ifi--
--alg--
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Puzzle 132
Trade Convention #2 – Logic Puzzles
Workers with the surnames Butcher, Baker, Carpenter and Plumber are currently attending an annual convention.
No-one is currently, nor ever has been in the same profession as their name and no-one has had the same profession twice.
Alan is now a butcher, whereas Mr Brian Butcher used to be a baker.
The person who is now a carpenter used to be a butcher.
Charles has never been a baker, Mr Darren Carpenter has never been a butcher and Mr Baker is not now a carpenter.
Can you determine their full names, along with their current and previous professions?
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