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Puzzle 433
In Farmer Donald's hay loft there are a number of ants, mice and chickens.
There are ten times as many ants as there are mice, and there are four times as many mice as there are chickens.
Altogether there are 1,806 feet.
How many chickens are there?
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Puzzle 434
A woman had three old coins: a silver dollar, a quarter, and a dime. Each coin was a little battered and had a piece missing. She found that exactly the same fraction had broken away from each coin.
What fraction of each was missing if the value of the remaining bits of coins was now exactly one dollar in total?
For this puzzle it can be assumed that 1/2 a coin is worth 1/2 of its value.
Based on a puzzle by Henry Ernest Dudeney.
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Puzzle 435
What four-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two new words:
table[----]house
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case
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Puzzle 436
River Log - Logic Puzzles
One fine morning, twelve intrepid travellers found themselves facing a rather large river that they had to cross.
Luckily, there was a log that they could use to cross the river, but only if they crossed in single file.
Can you figure out who crossed first (and the order in which they all crossed)?
Since they crossed from left to right, the first person to cross is on the right, and the last person to cross is on the left.
The names of the travellers were: Alex, Ashley, Billie, Chris, Jessie, Emery, Logan, Quinn, Riley, Ray, Sam, Taylor.
Sam got on the log three people later than Chris, which means that there were two people between them. Chris got on two people after Logan.
Ray got on the log two people earlier than Emery, who got on two people earlier than Logan, who got on three people earlier than Riley. Ray was not the first one on the log.
Alex got on the log two people after Quinn.
Billie got on three people before Quinn.
Jessie got on the log two people before Taylor. Jessie was not the first one on the log.
Taylor got on just after Emery.
Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine
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