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Magic Square
All vertical, diagonal and horizontal sums have to equal 61.95.  Fill in the blanks to get the answer.
What am I?
1. I am thinking of a number between 1                    and 1000.
2.It is below 800.
3.The number in the ones place is equal to              the number in the hundreds place.
4.The number is higher than 600.
5.Then number in the tens place is one                    higher than the ones and hundreds places.
6.The hundreds place number is 7.

            What is my number?

Mr. Chicken has four chickens.  Chicken #1 is ½ English, 1/4th Egyptian, 1/8th Iranian and 1/8th Mexican.  The second chicken is 3/4th French, 1/8th Chinese and 1/8th Spanish.  Chicken #3 is ½ Portuguese, 1/8th Brazilian and 1/8th Kenyan, 1/8th Argentinean and 1/8th Belgian.  And chicken #4 is ½ Australian Aborigine and ½ Laotian.  Which continent has the most percentage of Mr. Chicken’s chickens’ heritage?
Poultry Puzzles
Mr. Chicken’s 4 chickens laid 5 golden eggs!  The first egg weighs 2.58 lbs.  The second egg weighs 3.06 lbs.  The third egg weighs 4.28 lbs.  The fourth egg weighs 3.29 lbs.  The fifth egg weighs 4.12 lbs.  How many pounds of golden eggs does Mr. Chicken have?
BrainBats
James Bond got a new spy car because he totally smashed up the last one.  Unfortunately the economy is bad in Britain and the government is slashing costs everywhere it can.  MI6 only has $15,000 to pay for upgrades on the car.  Following are the upgrades Bond wants and their costs:

Infrared windshield$2000
Naval GPS        $3000
Bullet proof frame  $4000
Machine gun slots    $9000
Amphibian capabilities           $10,000
Jet pack  $15,000

On his next mission Bond has to get from Rome (Italy) to Alexandria (Egypt) at night and as fast as possible.  Which items should he buy?

Spy Buy
Indiana Bones 
A Dog Tail
was hunting for buried 
treasure and missed trick or treating.  He 
sold some ancient artifacts
and got $437. He wants to use his money to buy skittles.  Each 
 bag of skittles costs $7.  How many bags can Indi buy?
Answers
1.   Mechanical pencil  2.  Passwords  3.  Lightswitch  4.  River Rocks  5. Downstairs  6.  Sunlight  7.  Waterfall  
8.  Purple Underware  9.  Basketball  10.  Curiosity killed the Cat  11.  A=26.80 B=17.45 C=17.70 D=14.65 E=14.40  
12. 787  13.  Europe  14.  17.33 lbs. 15.  Infared Windshield, Naval GPS and Amphibian capabilities  16.  62 bags
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