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Puzzle 197 


Last week, I travelled from London to Stoke.

On the first day, I travelled one half of the distance.

On day two, I travelled one third of the remaining distance.

On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.

Yesterday I travelled one half of the remaining distance.

I now have 5 miles left to travel.

How far is it from Stoke to London in total?

Line showing dots at the distances.

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Puzzle 198 


Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?

The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?



Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.

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Puzzle 199 


If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle …

… what is the weight of a bottle and a half?

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Puzzle 200 


You can replace the dashes with the same four-letter word, and create two new words, one that starts with ARM, and one that ends in ING.

Can you find all possible four-letter words that work?
arm----
   ----ing

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