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Answers to Quick Puzzles 3

1.Thursday 2.Four people.
A brother and a sister.
The brother has a son.
The sister has a daughter.
3.3F + 1H + 3E
3F +1H + 3E
1F + 5H + 1E
4.Just the time to read it?
5.66 6.11 seconds
11.25 seconds
7.7 sheep
11 geese
8.8
9.52 10.1 lollipop = 5 marbles
1 gum = 4 marbles
11.25 competitors 12.64 x 15625
2^6 x 5^6 = 10^6
13.Child + child row across
Child rows back
Mother rows across
Child rows back
Child + child row across
Child rows back
Father rows across
Child rows back
Child + child row across
A total of 9 trips.
14.1980 (aged 44).
15.54 x 3 = 162 16.Shaun is 18
17.Plain is 5p
Coloured is 15p
18.One-third + half of a third = one-half
A half of three and a half is one and three-quarters.
19.Measures are (10) and (7)
Fill (10) and use that to fill (7).
Empty (7)
Pour the 3 in the (10) into (7).
Fill (10) and use that to top up (7).
Empty (7).
Pour the 6 in the (10) into (7).
Fill the (10) and use it to top up the (7).
This leaves 9 in the (10) measure.
Now see if you can measure all quantities from 1 to 8.
20.1 x 2 x 3 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6

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