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Puzzle 453 


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 454 


Focus on this conundrum, do it quickly, or do it slowly. What is so wrong with it? Or so right? It is a most odd conundrum. A quick brown fox jumps, hops, and vaults past a lazy dog! Can you work out what it is? Don't skip any words, and you'll soon spot it. It isn't too hard!

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Puzzle 455 


Iron is to shirt …

… as steam roller is to ?.

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Puzzle 456 


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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