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Puzzle 5 


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

5 + 5 = 4

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

Default Digits

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Puzzle 6 


At the toy factory, 2 toy makers can make 6 boxes of toys in 3 hours.

By this same reasoning, how many toy makers will it take to make 22 boxes of toys in 5 hours?

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Puzzle 7 


Many years ago, befor modern educashun in the new millenium, one problem in skools was baseic speeling and grammer. To conbat this and rays acheivement, teechers were adviced to start at the very begining, at the yungest age. Once they had managed to breath new life into leessons, progres came quickly, sucess was then garanteed. How many speeling errors would modern skolars identify in this passage?

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Puzzle 8 


Below you will find 15 well-known seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
----nst ----nip ----fth ----rno ----dox ----sil ----nac ----iem ----arb ----ior ----bey ----van ----ipt ----dth ----nox

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