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Puzzle 1 


In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.

The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.

This sentence contains exactly ? E's and not one more.
However, this sentence contains exactly ? S's, with a single Z.
Finally, to finish, this sentence has exactly ? I's.

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Puzzle 2 


At the equator the radius of the earth is 6,378 km, so its circumference is almost exactly 40,000 km.

Imagine we had a long rope which went around the equator, this would of course be 40,000 km long.

If we now placed 1 metre sticks vertically all the way around and lay the rope on top of these sticks (so the rope would be 1m higher all the way around) how much extra rope would we require?

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Puzzle 3 


These 4-letter words can each have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word.

In order, the letters added spell a 9-letter word.
herb bang keen suit quad whey cell toil wild

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Puzzle 4 


In this long division, each number has been replaced by another. The answer has also been removed. Can you determine the answer?
       ....
    ———————
75 | 796767
     791
      ——
       57
       30
       ——
        86
        82
        ——
         47
         47
         ——
          9

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