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Puzzle 497
A grocer has to place 28,121 carrots into bags, each bag containing the same number of carrots, and using as few bags as possible.
If you think that one big bag will suffice, then feel free to calculate its size!
If we assume that more than one bag is used, how many are required?
Puzzle 498
How should these words actually be spelled, without using a dictionary.
bizz-ness
com-it-ee
sin-seer-lee
ark-ee-ollow-jist
Puzzle 499
Can you find a word which can go in front of each of these words to make a new word?
colour
cress
fall
proof
shed
way
Puzzle 500
If a farmer buys chicken feed for £1.26 per tonne, pig feed for £2.74 per tonne and cattle feed for 78p per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.
How much of each would he have if he had 100 tonnes for £100?