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PUZZLE #1 The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1 Move one numeral to make it correct. What’s the correct equation? What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9? In Hungry Horace's kitchen there were three tins. Each tin contained three delicious cakes: One night Horace crept into the kitchen, opened the three tins, and ate three of the cakes.

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PUZZLE #1The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1

Move one numeral to make it correct. What’s the correct equation?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9? 

In Hungry Horace's kitchen there were three tins. Each tin contained three delicious cakes:

One night Horace crept into the kitchen, opened the three tins, and ate three of the cakes.

The surprising thing was, when Horace went back to bed, each tin still contained three cakes.

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How did he do it? Were they REALLY magic cakes?

At a restaurant downtown, Mr. Red, Mr. Blue, and Mr. White mbeet for lunch. Under their coats,they are wearing either a red, blue, or white shirt.Mr. Blue says, "Hey, did you notice we are all wearing different colored shirts from our names?" The manwearing the white shirt says, "Wow, Mr. Blue, that's right!"

Can you tell who is wearing what color shirt?

The Father!A mother is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now, the mother will be exactly 5 times as old as the child.

Where's the father?

SOMETHING ABOUT MARY!

Mary's mum has four children.

The first child is called April.

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The second May.The third June.

What is the name of the fourth child?

What is special about the following sequence of numbers?

8 5 4 9 1 7 6 10 3 2 0

What seven-letter word has hundreds of letters in

it?

What number comes next?2, 2, 4, 12, 48, ___

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What does this represent?