Puzzle

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Puzzle pageSolve the puzzle and eat the nuts!
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Cushion ball
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Puzzle page

From September 1999 onwards, PASS Maths is joining forces with its sister site NRICH to offer many more puzzles changed regularly on the 1st of every month.
The Lunar Leap
Puzzle pagePut the gobbling goat on a diet
The Gobbling Goat
What's on the cards?
Cleopatra the Demented
Puzzle pageThe great weights problem
The Great Weights Puzzle
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