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Puzzle 201 


In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.

The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.

This sentence contains ? X.
Slightly trickier, this sentence contains ? R's.
Even trickier, this sentence contains precisely ? E's.
This sentence has exactly ? letters.
This sentence, hopefully, contains ? letters, one hyphen, five commas, and four Y's.
To finish, if this sentence had a T removed, it would contain ? letters!

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Puzzle 202 


I travelled from London to Glasgow last week at 60 miles per hour, I had filled my petrol tank just before I left, so it was full with 25 gallons.

Unfortunately, my petrol tank sprang a leak immediately, and I only managed to drive 300 miles before I ran out of petrol.

My car does 30 miles per gallon, how fast was I losing petrol through the hole?

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Puzzle 203 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 2 different answers, can you find them both?
-e-el b-d s-i-l swa-- fo- -er-y a-ur- -u-dy -uo-e -e-a-e ed-- sc-r-y l-p --lls

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Puzzle 204 


Are there more millimetres in a mile or …

… sixteenths of an inch in 2 kilometres?

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