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At a recent school fayre, 500 people attended and £500 was raised. The prices were as follows:
Fathers  £2.00
Mothers  £3.00
Children £0.48

More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?

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The Miller next took the company aside and showed them nine sacks of flour that were standing as depicted in the sketch.

"Now, hearken, all and some," said he, "while that I do set ye the riddle of the nine sacks of flour.

And mark ye, my lords, that there be single sacks on the outside, pairs next unto them, and three together in the middle thereof.

By Saint Benedict, it doth so happen that if we do but multiply the pair, 28, by the single one, 7, the answer is 196, which is of a truth the number shown by the sacks in the middle.

Yet it be not true that the other pair, 34, when so multiplied by its neighbour, 5, will also make 196.

Wherefore I do beg you, gentle sirs, so to place anew the nine sacks with as little trouble as possible that each pair when thus multiplied by its single neighbour shall make the number in the middle."

As the Miller has stipulated in effect that as few bags as possible shall be moved, there is only one answer to this puzzle, which everybody should be able to solve.

The Miller's Puzzle – The Canterbury Puzzles, Henry Ernest Dudeney.

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My current age is the age of my favourite book (which is 14 years old) plus one third of my age.

How old will I be when my favourite book is twice its current age?

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Moving from letter to letter using the moves of a chess knight, can you find the letters 'PUZZLES' in order?

Z	E	Z	S	Z	P	S
U	P	S	P	L	P	Z
S	U	L	U	U	E	U
E	E	P	U	S	U	P
P	Z	L	L	U	P	Z
Z	U	Z	S	U	L	P
E	P	Z	Z	E	L	U

The moves of a knight are:

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