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  1. Mmmhmm, what do we have here? A puzzler looking for a math puzzle. K, it just so happens I have one here! Enjoy. 24 cows live in a barn. 7 of the bricks on the roof of the barn fall off. 3 of those bricks hit the ground. 3 of those bricks pass through the ground. 7 days later, where is the last brick?
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  • $\begingroup$ votes to close too broad :P $\endgroup$
    – micsthepick
    Dec 16 '17 at 0:08
  • $\begingroup$ @micsthepick I bet you were the downvoter, pessimist :P $\endgroup$
    – Quintec
    Dec 16 '17 at 0:20
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I think the puzzle actually is

Make 24 from 7, 3, 3 and 7

As you get this by taking

the first characters of each sentence (the bits in bold are what is actually there - I added the rest as filler)

So:

$(3/7+3) * 7 =24$

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    $\begingroup$ Where's the 'from'? $\endgroup$
    – William Nathanael
    Dec 16 '17 at 9:03
  • $\begingroup$ @WilliamNathanael there isn't one. The first letters say 'MAKE 24 7 3 3 7' and I just added the rest in. The bits in caps are what actually is written $\endgroup$
    – Beastly Gerbil
    Dec 16 '17 at 11:56
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    $\begingroup$ 24 is not a letter. $\endgroup$
    – Jasen
    Dec 17 '17 at 2:33
  • $\begingroup$ @Jasen editted to ‘characters’ $\endgroup$
    – Beastly Gerbil
    Dec 17 '17 at 10:54
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I think maybe it's a play of words and that 4 bricks went into the ground 'beef' and that 3 of those made it through, leaving 1 inside the ground beef. So, we find our 7 bricks.

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  • $\begingroup$ This was one of those you either see it or you don't puzzles. For what it's worth, I was stumped until reading the other answer. Good try! $\endgroup$
    – Lawrence
    Dec 16 '17 at 13:05

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