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Puzzle 57 



Four shepherds were watching over their flocks and they were commenting on how many sheep they each had.

If Alex had three more sheep, then he'd have one fewer sheep than Billie.

Whereas Drew has the same number as the other three shepherds put together.

If Charlie had three fewer sheep, he'd have exactly treble the number of Alex.

If they were evenly distributed they'd each have eleven sheep.

How many sheep does Alex have?

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Puzzle 58 



Move from letter to letter and collect the necessary letters for FIND (in any order).

How many different routes can you take if you always start with the central F and always move either horizontally or vertically?
      D
    N I D
  D N D I D
D I N F I I N
  I N D D I
    D I D
      N

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Puzzle 59 



Some months have 30 days, some have 31, but how many have 28 days?

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Puzzle 60 



My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Austria      1,800 miles
New Zealand  2,400 miles
Japan        1,200 miles
Brazil       1,400 miles

How far away did it list Argentina as?

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