Unclassified Puzzles 217"We were standing with a child in front of a large mirror that reflected the
whole body. 'Why is it,' asked the intelligent youngster, 'that I am turned right
round in the mirror, so that right is left and left right, and yet top is not bot-
tom and bottom top? If it reverses sideways, why does it not reverse length-
ways? Why am I not shown standing on my head?' "
- COIN AND HOLE
We have before us a specimen of every American coin from a penny to a
dollar. And we have a small sheet of paper with a circular hole cut in it of
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exactly the size shown. (It was made by tracing around the rim of a penny.)
What is the largest coin I can pass through that hole without tearing the paper?- A LEAP YEAR PUZZLE
The month of February in 1928 contained five Wednesdays. There is,
of course, nothing remarkable in this fact, but it will be found interesting to
discover the last year prior to 1928 and the first year after 1928 that had five
Wednesdays in February.
- BLOWING OUT THE CANDLE
Candles were lighted on Colonel Crackham's breakfast table one foggy
morning. When the fog lifted, the Colonel rolled a sheet of paper into the form
of a hollow cone, like a megaphone. He then challenged his young friends to