Puzzle 17
How should these words actually be spelled, without using a dictionary.
bizz-ness
com-it-ee
sin-seer-lee
ark-ee-ollow-jist
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Be careful with the middle of the last word.
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Business.
Committee.
Sincerely.
Archaeologist.
Puzzle 18
Place all of the digits from 1 to 9 into the circles so that the sum of the numbers in each straight line is the same.
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Each line adds to 14.
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Puzzle 19
A farmer buys chicken feed for 47c per tonne, pig feed for $1.23 per tonne and cattle feed for $1.44 per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.
How much of each would they have if they bought 100 tonnes for $100?
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One of the answers is 28 tonnes.
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38 tonnes of chicken feed, 34 tonnes of pig feed and 28 tonnes of cattle feed.
Puzzle 20
Can you complete these common 5-letter words?
-s-g-
--r-f
-zu--
e--x-
-p--c
--ln-
-w--m
---jo
q---a
-v-k-
i--h-
-b-y-
--dt-
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One of the words begins with the letter S.
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-s-g- = usage
--r-f = serif
-zu-- = azure
e--x- = epoxy
-p--c = optic
--ln- = kilns
-w--m = swarm
---jo = banjo
q---a = quota
-v-k- = evoke
i--h- = itchy
-b-y- = obeys
--dt- = width
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