Puzzle 109
My local greengrocer is a would-be mathematician.
She likes to arrange the apples in nice rows.
When she lays the apples in rows of 3, she has one left over.
And, when she lays them in rows of 5, she also has one left over.
Remarkably, she also has one left over when she arranges them in rows of 7 and 9.
But 11 seems to be the magic number, because in rows of 11 there are no apples left over.
How many apples does she have?
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Puzzle 110
The local River Trent is 4,100 inches wide, which happens to be a fantastic number.
There is a magnificent, perfectly straight, bridge that spans the river at right angles.
During a recent survey of the area, it was found that one-seventh of the overall length of the bridge was on one bank of the river, and one-eighth of the bridge was on the other bank.
What is the total length of the bridge that spans the River Trent?
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Puzzle 111
At a local village gala, the entire population turned up, 500 people.
The event raised £3,000.
Tickets were priced as follows:
£7.48 men
£7.12 women
£0.45 children
How many children were there?
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Puzzle 112
The Winter Festival is well underway and BrainBashers control is working out the plane times for the return journeys.
Unfortunately, the BrainBashers timetable software is playing up again and has worked out the times incorrectly, as shown below.
France 4.00pm
Mexico 3.00pm
Jamaica 5.00pm
Japan 1.00pm
According to the software, at what time is the return trip to Finland?
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