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Decipher the puzzle: \(KIS + KSI = ISK\). The same letters correspond to the same numbers, different letters correspond to different numbers.

Ten people wanted to found a club. To do this, they need to collect a certain amount of entrance fees. If the organizers were five people more, then each of them would have to pay £100 less. How much money did each one pay?

Two tribes live on the island: natives and newcomers. It is known that the natives always tell the truth and the newcomers always lie. A traveler hired an indigenous islander as a guide. On the way, they met a man. The traveler asked the guide to find out which tribe this person belongs to. The guide returned and said that the man said that he was a native. Who was the guide – a native or a newcomer?

Among 40 containers there are two containers of different shapes and two containers of different colors. Prove that among them there are two containers that are both of different shapes and colors.

A cube with a side of 1 m was sawn into cubes with a side of 1 cm and they were in a row (along a straight line). How long was the line?

Three friends were at the prom dressed in white, red and blue dresses. Their shoes were of the same three colors. Only Sarah’s shoes and dress were of the same color. Laura was wearing white shoes. Neither the dress nor the shoes of Linda were red. Identify the colors of the dresses and of the shoes of the three friends.

We meet three people: Alex, Brian and Ben. One of them is an architect, the other is a baker and the third is an bus driver. One lives in Aberdeen, the other in Birmingham and the third in Brighton.

1) Ben is in Birmingham only for trips, and even then very rarely. However, all his relatives live in this city.

2) For two of these people the first letter of their name, the city they live in and their job is the same.

3) The wife of the architect is Ben’s younger sister.