44 Arithmetic & Algebraic Problems
- A COMPLETE SKELETON
This is an arrangement without any figure at all, constructed by Mr. A.
Corrigan. Note the decimal dot in the quotient. The extension to four places
of decimals makes it curiously easy to solve.
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- SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION
George Crackham produced this puzzle at the breakfast table one morning:
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He asked them to substitute for the stars all the ten digits in each row, so
arranged as to form a correct little sum in multiplication. He said that the 0
was not to appear at the beginning or end of either number. Can the reader
find an answer?