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Oct 3 · Morning
Circle sums: six circles in a triangle with boxes showing the sum of each pair of neighbors. What goes in the top circle?
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4 ☄️

The top circle plus its neighbors make 10 and 7, so the top is 4 or 6. If it were 6, the right side would force a 4 twice. With 4 on top: left 6, right 3, bottom-right 2, bottom-middle 5, bottom-left 1. Every box checks out.

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Oct 2 · Bonus
Four dartboards with red, blue and green zones. Three show their totals; find the fourth.
Dartboards: what's the missing total?
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36

The third board gives 2 blue + 2 green = 14. Combining the other two boards gives red = 10, blue = 5, green = 2. The last board has 2 red, 2 blue and 3 green: 20 + 10 + 6 = 36.

Oct 2 · Evening
Dominoes: 3 and 4 make 25, 5 and 6 make 61, 2 and 8 make what?
Domino pattern: 2 | 8 → ?
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68

Square each half and add: 3² + 4² = 25 and 5² + 6² = 61. So 2² + 8² = 4 + 64 = 68.

Oct 2 · Morning
A clock strikes 6 times in 5 seconds. How long does it take to strike 12 times?
The clock puzzle
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11 seconds

The time is in the gaps, not the strikes. 6 strikes have 5 gaps, so each gap is 1 second. 12 strikes have 11 gaps: 11 seconds.

Oct 1 · Bonus
Letter sequence O T T F F S S, what comes next?
O T T F F S S … ?
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E

They're the first letters of One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven. Next comes Eight.

Oct 1 · Morning
An orchard of apple trees in rows; Mia can only reach the outer ring. What fraction can she pick?
Apple orchard: what fraction?
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Exactly half

The orchard is 8 × 6 = 48 trees. The inner block is 6 × 4 = 24, so the outer ring is also 24. 24 out of 48 = ½.

Sep 30 · Evening
Number grid: rows 5, 3, 16 and 7, 2, 45 and 6, 4, ?
Same rule in every row
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20

Subtract the squares: 5² − 3² = 16 and 7² − 2² = 45. So 6² − 4² = 36 − 16 = 20.

Sep 30 · Morning
Clock math: rows of clock faces added together, and a final line with plus and times.
Clock math
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23

Each clock is worth the hour it shows: 3 + 3 + 3 = 9, 4 + 4 = 8, 5 + 5 = 10. The last line is 3 + 4 × 5. Multiply first: 3 + 20 = 23.

Sep 29 · Evening
How many triangles do you see? A large triangle divided into nine small triangles.
How many triangles?
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13 triangles

9 small ones, 3 medium ones (each made of 4 small triangles), and 1 big one around the whole shape. 9 + 3 + 1 = 13.

Sep 29 · Morning
Crack the 3-digit lock code from five clues.
Crack the 3-digit code
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042

7, 3 and 8 are out. From 780, 0 is in but not last; from 206, it isn't in the middle, so 0 is first. 206 has two right digits, so 2 is in and 6 is out. In 682 the correct, well-placed digit must be 2, so 2 is last. From 614, 4 is in but not last, so it's in the middle.

Sep 28 · Evening
Water pours into cup 1, connected by pipes to cups 2 to 5. Which cup fills first?
Which cup fills first?
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Cup 5

The pipes to cups 2 and 4 are blocked. Cup 1 overflows into cup 3, but cup 3's pipe comes out of its bottom, so it drains straight into cup 5 before it can fill.

Sep 28 · Morning
Magic triangle with numbers 2, 5, 3, 4, 6 and a missing number.
Magic triangle: find the ?
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1

Every side adds up to 11: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11 and 2 + 3 + 6 = 11. So 4 + ? + 6 = 11, which makes ? = 1.

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