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Puzzle 1 


Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can find one acorn in 12 minutes. As autumn approaches, they both work all day and all night.

However, Alex the Squirrel is eating their collection! It takes Alex 20 minutes to eat an acorn, and Alex eats all day and all night long (and starts on yesterday's acorns).

How many extra acorns will there be at the end of a 24-hour day?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 


The map below shows the street locations of a city. Position three police officers such that the entire length of every street can be seen by at least one officer.

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

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Puzzle 3 


Which month comes next in this sequence:

July · June · March · May · ?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


All Matchstick Puzzles

Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?

19 + 6 = 21

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:

Default Digits

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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