Miles was peeling potatoes for the big Thanksgiving dinner. He can peel 2 every minute. After he had

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Miles was peeling potatoes for the big
Thanksgiving dinner. He can peel 2 every minute.
After he had worked for 25 minutes, his wife,
Prudence, realized that he would never finish all
the potatoes in time for dinner, so she decided
to help him. She is faster than Miles and can
peel 3 potatoes every minute. They finished in
time for dinner, and the two of them peeled
exactly 400 potatoes. How much time did each
person spend peeling potatoes?
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Each puzzle box "illustrates" a common word or
phrase heard during the holiday season. Can you
guess what it is?
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How many gifts did my true love give to me on the
12th day of Christmas?
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The kitchen staff was arranging baskets of fruit
on the tables. Four baskets contained a total of
84 delicious, juicy Florida oranges. The fifth
basket contained 4 fewer oranges than the mean of
the five baskets. How many oranges were in the
fifth basket?
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Adam, Becky, Carl, Danielle, Emma and Frank were
all given record tokens for Christmas. They went
to the music shop and between them bought CD
albums by Louise, All Saints, Robbie Williams,
Boyzone, Mozart and Billie.Can you tell from
the following clues who bought what?1. Adam
chose a CD by a solo girl singer.2. Becky hates
pop music but got an album she wanted.3. Carl
chose a solo singer.4. Danielle chose a girl
singer, but not Louise.5. Emma and Frank both
chose CDs by groups.6. Frank chose All Saints.
Adam, Becky, Carl, Danielle, Emma and Frank were
all given record tokens for Christmas. They went
to the music shop and between them bought CD
albums by Louise, All Saints, Robbie Williams,
Boyzone, Mozart and Billie.Can you tell from
the following clues who bought what?1. Adam
chose a CD by a solo girl singer.2. Becky hates
pop music but got an album she wanted.3. Carl
chose a solo singer.4. Danielle chose a girl
singer, but not Louise.5. Emma and Frank both
chose CDs by groups.6. Frank chose All Saints.
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The Peace Family are sitting at a round table
ready to enjoy their Christmas dinner. CLARE is
two along from ERIC, who is sitting next to
DAVID.OLIVER is also sitting two along from
ERIC.Next to OLIVER is TANYA.CLARE has TANYA on
one side and STEPHEN on the other.Where is
everyone sitting?
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Tree Cutter's Dilemma
A tree-cutter has been asked to collect all nine
trees, but only by walking in FOUR straight
lines. Make a sketch of the trees and use a
pencil to trace the tree-cutter's route. You need
to join all the trees with four straight lines
without lifting your pencil. Your lines must pass
through each tree once.
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What is the probability of finding two four-leaf
clovers in a patch with 200 clovers?