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Puzzle 309 



At the local BrainBashers Sunday School meeting, the teacher brought in some puppies.

There were 20 more children than puppies.

In the corner of the room, within the ant's nest, the number of ants was 10 times the number of children.

In total, including the teacher, the children, the puppies, and the ants, there were 1440 legs in the room.

How many children attended?

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Puzzle 310 



Alex can eat 27 chocolates in an hour, Billie can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Charlie can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes.

How long will it take them to share and eat a large box of 120 chocolates while watching a movie?

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Puzzle 311 



Can you find anagrams of the following words?
aspirate alarming bleating decimate creative cheating download gradient altitude generate

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Puzzle 312 



After a recent marathon, the following was noted.

Alex finished after Frankie. Drew finished after Hayden. Frankie finished after Billie. Hayden finished before Alex. Billie finished after Hayden. Billie finished before Alex. Frankie finished before Drew. Alex finished before Drew.
Who finished where?

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