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Puzzle 1 


I recently asked my friend Alex to buy me some ribbon for my child's bonnet.

Alex went to the haberdashery shop for the required length, but accidentally swapped the feet and inches.

When I measured the resulting ribbon, I only had 5/8 of the length I required.

How much ribbon did I originally ask for?

Remember that there are 12 inches in a foot.

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Puzzle 2 


Below you can find a proverb.

The letters have been converted to their location in the alphabet.

For example: CAT = 3 + 1 + 20 = 3 1 2 0
1 2 1 2 1 7 8 2 0 5 1 8 9 1 9 2 0 8 5 2 5 1 9 2 0 1 3 5 4 9 3 9 1 4 5

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Puzzle 3 


Find two words, which are anagrams of each other, which complete this sentence:

Due to a recent outbreak of a ? infection in the zebra house, the local animal sanctuary had to ? their electron microscope correctly, to ensure rapid detection.

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Puzzle 4 


As the auditor for my local theme park, I noticed that on Saturday there were 4,296 children and 2,143 adults and the takings were £98,718.

However, on Sunday, there were 5,146 children and 2,807 adults and the takings were £122,570.

How much were the children's tickets and adult's tickets?

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