The puzzle king : $b Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc.Scott, John
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The puzzle king : $b Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc.
Scott, John
Amusements; Mathematical recreations; Puzzles
We extend a general invitation to all our readers who hold a
different opinion to multiply three pints of Dewar’s Whisky by 6
quarts of soda-water, but in case they might plead inability to
perform this little feat, on conscientious grounds, we will extend
the invitation to three cups of tea by six spoonfuls of sugar. And if
any of them have a few pounds (say £10) in the Savings Bank we would
advise “Don’t _add_ any more deposits, but wait till you have £2,
then proceed to the bank and multiply the £10 by the £2, and prove
to the teller that you have £20 to your account. Be careful to take
no less a sum than £2, or the result might be a little surprising,
for if you take only £1, the teller might argue after he has received
your sovereign that “ten ones are ten,” and then your £10 would
remain the same.”
206. What is the difference between six dozen dozen and half a dozen
dozen?
A TELL-TALE TABLE.
There is a good deal of amusement in the following table. It will
enable you to tell how old the young ladies are. Ask a young lady to
tell you in which column or columns her age is found, add together
the figures at the top of the columns in which she says her age is,
and you have the secret. Suppose a young lady is 19. You will find
that number in the first, second and fifth columns; add the first
figures of these columns--1, 2 and 16--and you get the age.
1 2 4 8 16 32
3 3 5 9 17 33
5 6 6 10 18 34
7 7 7 11 19 35
9 10 12 12 20 36
11 11 13 13 21 37
13 14 14 14 22 38
15 15 15 15 23 39
17 18 20 24 24 40
19 19 21 25 25 41
21 22 22 26 26 42
23 23 23 27 27 43
25 26 28 28 28 44
27 27 29 29 29 45
29 30 30 30 30 46
31 31 31 31 31 47
33 34 36 40 48 48
35 35 37 41 49 49
37 38 38 42 50 50
39 39 39 43 51 51
41 42 44 44 52 52
43 43 45 45 53 53
45 46 46 46 54 54
47 47 47 47 55 55
49 50 52 56 56 56
51 51 53 57 57 57
53 54 54 58 58 58
55 55 55 59 59 59
57 58 60 60 60 60
59 59 61 61 61 61
61 62 62 62 62 62
63 63 63 63 63 63
COIN PUZZLE.
[Illustration: 2/-1d. 2/-1d. 2/-1d. 2/-1d.]
207. Place four florins alternately with four pennies, and in four
moves, moving two adjacent coins each time, bring the florins
together and the pence together. When finished there must be no
spaces between the coins.
208. If 2 be added to the numerator of a certain fraction, it is made
equal to one-fifth, whilst if 2 be taken from the denominator it
becomes equal to one-sixth. Find the fraction.
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