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Puzzle 45 


Boat Club Boatsall logic puzzles

At the local model boat club, four friends were talking about their boats.

Alex didn't have a yellow boat.
Billie didn't have a red boat, but did have a green one.
One of the friends had a yellow boat, and a blue boat.
Another friend had a green boat, and a blue boat.
Charlie had a yellow boat.
Drew had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.
There were a total of eight boats, two in each colour: red, green, blue, and yellow.

Each friend owned two boats, and no friend had two boats of the same colour.

Can you work out the correct colours?

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Puzzle 46 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e --ave -uie- --gon p--ot vi-e- -ac-t --met b--ep -u-ge -lan- -ra-e bon--

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Puzzle 47 


Can you find a number such that …

… its double is fourteen more than its quarter?

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Puzzle 48 


all matchstick puzzles

Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?

4 + 5 = 6

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:

Default Digits

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