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Puzzle 589 


At a recent school fayre, 500 people attended and £500 was raised. The prices were as follows:
Fathers  £2.00
Mothers  £3.00
Children £0.48

More mothers than fathers turned up. How many children were there?

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Puzzle 590 


Can you find a five-digit number which is four times its reverse?

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Puzzle 591 


Can you find a 5-digit number …

… whose digits add up to 18 and whose product is 210 and the digits increase from left to right in the number?

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Puzzle 592 


Which letter is missing from this sequence:

B C D G P T V

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