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Puzzle 197 


Trade Convention #1all logic puzzles

Workers with the surnames Baker, Teacher, Carpenter, and Plumber are currently attending an annual convention.

No-one is currently, nor has ever been, in the same occupation as their name, and no-one has had the same occupation twice.
Charlie has never been a carpenter, and Mr Teacher is now a plumber.
Davie used to be a teacher, but Mr Billie Baker never has.
Mr Plumber is not called Eddie, and Mr Carpenter wasn't previously a teacher.
The previous occupations were all different, and the current occupations are all different.
Can you determine the full names of each of the attendees, along with their current and previous occupation?

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Puzzle 198 


A parent recently arranged a children's party, and had 187 sweets to give out equally to the children.

Each child had more than one sweet, and there were more children than there were sweets per child.

How many sweets did each child end up with?

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Puzzle 199 


I started out on the journey from the forest with a full tank of fuel, 12 gallons exactly.

However, the moment I started out, the fuel tank sprung a leak. I travelled at 50 mph until I ran out of fuel exactly 4 hours later.

I know that the car does 25 miles for each gallon.

How much fuel had I lost through the hole?

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Puzzle 200 


In my money box, I found $36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters, dimes, and nickels.

How many of each coin did I find?

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