Puzzle 573
Start with a five-letter word.
At each step, the current word is changed by one letter to create the next word.
These words in turn mean:
a gaggle of geese
a device for measuring time
what you can do with a mouse
a baby chicken
a device to prevent wheels from moving
a surprise
a small house
a pile of cards
a small piece of wood
unable to move
Puzzle 574
Place the following words into the grid:
MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO
Jupiter is NOT in the list.
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Puzzle 575
After visiting one of my very old relatives, I travelled home in their old jalopy. The car was old and battered, it had a leak from the petrol tank, and I was stuck in second gear.
This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of fuel.
At the start of the journey, I had placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the tank. I knew though, that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a gallon per hour.
Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of fuel and I had only just made it.
How far was it from my relative's house to my home?
Puzzle 576
This multiplication contains the numbers 1 to 9. Can you complete it?
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3. x
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