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Puzzle 5 


My BrainBashers calculator is low on batteries again, and the following multiplication is wrong. Can you correct it?

Each of the numbers has the correct digits, but they have been mixed up.

Luckily, the solution is correct, which makes the task a little easier.
    2471
    3725 x
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22084429

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 6 


Below are ten words that have been split in half.

The first column has the first 2 letters, and the second column has the last 2 letters.

Can you pair the letters and remake the ten common words?
bo   af
br   re
fo   ne
go   af
ho   ke
jo   ew
le   ud
lo   am
lo   nd
so   pe

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 7 


Take a word from the first column, and a word from the second column.

You will now have 5 lots of eight letters, and each of these eight letters is an anagram of an animal.

What are the 5 animals?
soot         tent
most         then
much         tire
area         mare
leap         pink

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 8 


What am I?

I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse As you've doubtlessly found, I am always around, And I'm constantly working, of course.

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson
Website: www.stillsonworks.com

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