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What can go up a chimney down …

… but can't go down a chimney up?

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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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A farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field.

How many haystacks would there be if they were combined in one field?

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Marathon Warm-up - Logic Puzzles

After the recent BrainBashers annual marathon, the judges were comparing notes to determine who finished where. From their notes, can you help them reconstruct the final result?

Max Merrymood beat Toby Trent and Jesse Jackson.
Pat Piper beat Jesse Jackson, Toby Trent, and Alex Ardle.
Zeb Zebra lost to Pat Piper.
Glenn Goodfellow beat Toby Trent
Zeb Zebra beat Frankie Flint.
Glenn Goodfellow lost to Frankie Flint and Pat Piper.
Toby Trent beat Billie Brick.
Alex Ardle beat Zeb Zebra, Kelly Kingfisher, and Glenn Goodfellow.
Kelly Kingfisher lost to Glenn Goodfellow and Max Merrymood.
Billie Brick beat Kelly Kingfisher.
Max Merrymood lost to Alex Ardle and Zeb Zebra.
Frankie Flint beat Toby Trent, Max Merrymood, and Billie Brick.
Toby Trent lost to Jesse Jackson and Alex Ardle.
Jesse Jackson beat Glenn Goodfellow and Billie Brick.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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