BrainBashers - Medium Puzzles

Puzzle 269

For each of these words, using only the letters of that word, what is the longest word that can be found?

Every letter must be used at least once, and no other letters can be used.

For example:
taper = repeat · tapper · parapet · pretreat, and many more. But what is the longest word?

taper heals brows often farce yowls satin awful iotas quiet foils score

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Puzzle 270

Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? The answer is nothing to do with food or animals.
Jackals are mean, eager scavengers.
Koalas eat in the heat.
Sheep invariably munch old newspapers.
Seals are rare and hungry.
Foxes rich appetite never kicks.

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Puzzle 271

What letter completes this square in the most logical manner?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 272

At a recent school fayre, 500 people attended and £500 was raised. The prices were as follows:
Fathers £2.00
Mothers £3.00
Children £0.48

More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?

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