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Puzzle 1 


Can you complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letter missing.

The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.

What is the missing word?

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

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Puzzle 2 


If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have.

However, if you give me seven apples, we will then both have the same number of apples.

How many apples do I currently have?

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Puzzle 3 


Where do the biggest potatoes grow?

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Puzzle 4 


Take a normal piece of paper, exactly 0.1 mm thick.

Fold it in half, and then in half again, and again, and again.

Do this a total of 50 times.

How thick would the final paper be (if this could be done)?

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