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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

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Scott, John

Scott, John

Amusements; Mathematical recreations; Puzzles

AN ARITHMETICAL TOAST.
 “Here’s an _addition_ to your wages.
  Here’s a _subtraction_ from your wants and miseries.
  Here’s a _multiplication_ of your joys and happiness.
  Here’s a _division_ amongst your enemies.
  Here’s a _reduction_ of your hours of labour.
  And here’s a hope that you’ll all be able to _practice_
                    and take _interest_ in “THE PUZZLE KING.”




Answers.


(1) 12,111.

(2) 24s.

(3) 18.

(4) He lost £13 6s. 8d.

(5)

  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 485 | 463 | 475 | 465 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 461 | 467 | 487 | 473 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 483 | 477 | 457 | 471 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 459 | 481 | 469 | 479 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+

(6) See No. 225.

(7) £30.

(8) 675 springs.

(9) [Illustration]

(10)

 Suppose a man and woman to marry, the man to have
       had a son by a former marriage (the gentleman who
       leaves the money); also the woman has a daughter
       by a former marriage. This son and daughter get
       married, and have a son. This is the scheme of
       kindred, and answers the conditions of the paradox.

(11) 4d. There were three of them--grandfather, father, and son.

(12) The total score was 240. The 1st player scored 30;
       the 2nd and 3rd, 24 each; the 4th, 5th, and 6th, 12
       each; the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, 30 each; and the
       11th, 6.

(13) They tip the pail over horizontally; if any part of
       the bottom can be seen without spilling the milk it
       is not half full.

(14) In 9-68/78 days.

(15) The measurements given would not make a triangle.

(16) 6400 soldiers.

(17) [Illustration]

(18) The LEFT BOWER.

(19)

  The first     £15
        "  second     8
        "  third     10
        "  fourth     6
                    ---
       The man had  £39

(20) The first boat 15 min. 45 secs., the second 16 min.

(21) 3 animals.

(22) A comma.

(23) 15 and 10.

(24) 21 and 54.

(25) 126.

(26) 72 persons.

(27) 20·7846 inches; 203·646 square inches.

(28)
       11 plus 1·1 = 12·1
       11  x   1·1 = 12·1

(29) Coach fare 3s.

(30) The distance from the ends of the least side on the
       largest and intermediate sides are respectively
       211⅓ and 176 links.

(31) 60.

(32) T wins--distance 90 miles; walking pace--T 5 miles per hour, D 4.

(33)

  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

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Science

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

AN ARITHMETICAL TOAST.
 “Here’s an _addition_ to your wages.
  Here’s a _subtraction_ from your wants and miseries.
  Here’s a _multiplication_ of your joys and happiness.
  Here’s a _division_ amongst your enemies.
  Here’s a _reduction_ of your hours of labour.
  And here’s a hope that you’ll all be able to _practice_
                    and take _interest_ in “THE PUZZLE KING.”




Answers.


(1) 12,111.

(2) 24s.

(3) 18.

(4) He lost £13 6s. 8d.

(5)

  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 485 | 463 | 475 | 465 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 461 | 467 | 487 | 473 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 483 | 477 | 457 | 471 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+
  | 459 | 481 | 469 | 479 |
  +-----+-----+-----+-----+

(6) See No. 225.

(7) £30.

(8) 675 springs.

(9) [Illustration]

(10)

 Suppose a man and woman to marry, the man to have
       had a son by a former marriage (the gentleman who
       leaves the money); also the woman has a daughter
       by a former marriage. This son and daughter get
       married, and have a son. This is the scheme of
       kindred, and answers the conditions of the paradox.

(11) 4d. There were three of them--grandfather, father, and son.

(12) The total score was 240. The 1st player scored 30;
       the 2nd and 3rd, 24 each; the 4th, 5th, and 6th, 12
       each; the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, 30 each; and the
       11th, 6.

(13) They tip the pail over horizontally; if any part of
       the bottom can be seen without spilling the milk it
       is not half full.

(14) In 9-68/78 days.

(15) The measurements given would not make a triangle.

(16) 6400 soldiers.

(17) [Illustration]

(18) The LEFT BOWER.

(19)

  The first     £15
        "  second     8
        "  third     10
        "  fourth     6
                    ---
       The man had  £39

(20) The first boat 15 min. 45 secs., the second 16 min.

(21) 3 animals.

(22) A comma.

(23) 15 and 10.

(24) 21 and 54.

(25) 126.

(26) 72 persons.

(27) 20·7846 inches; 203·646 square inches.

(28)
       11 plus 1·1 = 12·1
       11  x   1·1 = 12·1

(29) Coach fare 3s.

(30) The distance from the ends of the least side on the
       largest and intermediate sides are respectively
       211⅓ and 176 links.

(31) 60.

(32) T wins--distance 90 miles; walking pace--T 5 miles per hour, D 4.

(33)

  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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.

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