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Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can find one acorn in 12 minutes. As autumn approaches, they both work all day and all night.

However, Alex the Squirrel is eating their collection! It takes Alex 20 minutes to eat an acorn, and Alex eats all day and all night long (and starts on yesterday's acorns).

How many extra acorns will there be at the end of a 24-hour day?

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Below, you will find some eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
-----yee -----egy -----igm -----lse -----com -----bet -----lel -----dee

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If cat and a half can catch a mouse and a half in a day and a half how many mice can 3 cats catch in 3 days?

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A grocer has to place 28,121 carrots into bags, each bag containing the same number of carrots, and using as few bags as possible.

If you think that one big bag will suffice, then feel free to calculate its size!

If we assume that more than one bag is used, how many are required?

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