Easy Puzzles 

Workings

Hint
Start on any square, and see how far you can get.

Answer
Start from the 1U which is on the 5^th row and the 6^th column.

Workings

Hint
What do the 3 numbers add to, and multiply to, so far?

Answer
$0.50.

Reasoning
The three prices add to 1.50 + 3.00 + 4.00 = 8.50.

The three prices multiply to 1.50 x 3.00 x 4.00 = 18.00.

You might be able to see that adding another 0.50 will take the total to 9.00, and multiplying by another 0.50 will take the product to 9.00.

The answer can also be found using algebra. If we call the missing price P, we have:
1.50 + 3.00 + 4.00 + P = 1.50 x 3.00 x 4.00 x P

    8.50 + P = 18.00 x P

        8.50 = 18.00 x P − P

        8.50 = 17.00 x P

8.50 ÷ 17.00 = P

           P = 0.50.

Workings

Hint
The country spans more than one word.

Answer
Peru.

A popular newspaper printed part of a page that pointed out that port officials use a pencil, not a pen, when they prepare paPER Updates to their port reports.

Workings

Hint
Which painting won, and who came first?

Answer
#  Name     Artist
1  Alex     Monet
2  Emery    Constable
3  Glen     Van Gogh
4  Drew     Taylor
Reasoning
The four entrants were: Alex, Drew, Emery, Glen.
The four artists were: Constable, Monet, Taylor, Van Gogh.

By (2), the Monet came first.
   1           Monet
   2 
   3 
   4 

By (3), Glen came third.
   1           Monet
   2
   3  Glen
   4

By (1), the Constable can't have been last, so must have been second (as Emery painted it, and not Glen).
   1           Monet
   2           Constable
   3  Glen
   4

The Taylor was either third or fourth, either way, by (4) Alex must have won.
   1  Alex     Monet
   2           Constable
   3  Glen
   4

By (4), the Van Gogh came third, leaving Drew in last place.
   1  Alex     Monet
   2           Constable
   3  Glen     Van Gogh
   4  Drew

Leaving Emery in second place, and the Taylor in last place.
   1  Alex     Monet
   2  Emery    Constable
   3  Glen     Van Gogh
   4  Drew     Taylor