Medium Puzzles 

Workings

Hint
How many 2x2 squares are there?

Answer
128.

Reasoning
There are 62 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 41 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 18 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are  6 squares of size 4 x 4.
There is   1 square  of size 5 x 5.

A total of 62 + 41 + 18 + 6 + 1 = 128.

Workings

Hint
How many toys can one kitten catch in twelve minutes?

Answer
36 toys.

Reasoning
   Four kittens can catch four toys in four minutes,

so

   one kitten can catch one toy in four minutes,

so

   one kitten can catch three toys in twelve minutes,

so

   twelve kittens can catch 36 toys in twelve minutes.

Workings

Hint
One of the words is FOCUS.

Answer
ban-       = bank       (K) -a-i-et    = cabinet    (CBN) -aiz-      = maize      (ME) s--th      = sixth      (IX) na-e-      = navel      (VL) -eco-      = decoy      (DY) -ocu-      = focus      (FS) -la-e      = glaze      (GZ) --nk       = junk       (JU) f-x        = fox        (O) be--re     = beware     (WA) e-ui-      = equip      (QP) ot-er      = otter      (T) wis-       = wish       (H) -oast      = roast      (R)

Workings

Hint
How many tyre miles were travelled?

Answer
1,005 miles.

Reasoning
A total of 2,345 miles were travelled and at any one time, three tyres were on the tricycle.

Therefore, 3 x 2,345 = 7,035 tyre miles were travelled, which was shared equally by the 7 tyres.

And 7,035 ÷7 = 1,005.