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
It is used so in the question. The answer generally
given is found in the Bible (Judges xvi, 7 and 8).
Samson was bound with “seven green withs.”
(104)
32 or 46 or 95-72/36 or 14
57 35 1-8/4 76
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89 17 100 5
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1 98 3
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6 2 98
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4 100 2
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100 100
(105)
56 or 20 or 40
24 8 36
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80 7 15
1 35 7
9 46 98
3 19 2
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7 100 100
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100
(106) 44 feet.
(107) 8 persons.
(108) 8¼.
(109) The stone should fall into his hand.
(110) 6⅗ days.
(111) £5 8s. 6d.
(112) TEN
(113)
To explain this often causes much confusion. We
must take a simple illustration: I have a garden
containing 10 appletrees, all bearing fruit. Now,
there are more trees than any tree has apples on
it; there must be at least 2 trees having the same
number of apples--for instance, if No. 1 tree has
1 apple, No. 2 has 2, and so on to No. 9; when we
come to No. 10 tree, it must have the same as one
of the other trees, as it could not have 10 or more
according to our first supposition.
(114) It simply means that _four_ “nothings” equal
_one_ “nothing.”
(115) He had a half-penny, and he borrowed a half-penny.
(116) 5.
(117) 30 apples.
(118) 18 and 27.
(119)
A 3240
B 2916
C 1944
D 2052
E 1728
Electors 6480.
(120)
A £12
B £20
C £30
(121) 45 miles.
(122) 80, 60, 45.
(123) £580.
(124) Hendrick and Anna. Claas and Catrün. Cornelius and Gertruig.
(125)
A 2304
B 1296
(126) £19,005.
(127) 15 days.
(128)
1st £2180 3s. 4¼d.
2nd £2380 15s. 11¼d.
3rd £2599 17s. 9¾d.
4th £2839 2s. 10¾d.
(129) 1-2/18 minutes.
(130) 36 pyramids.
(131) 82·076 feet.
(132) 55-5/5 = 56 = 4 x 4 plus 40.
(133) 6 women. 10⅞d. per yard.
(134) A 21. B 28. Youngest child 7.
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