282 Answersthere are 16 pieces in all, measurmg together 297 ft., in accordance with the
conditions.
- GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION
I + 3 + 9 + 27 + 81 = 121 = 112,
and
I + 7 + 49 + 343 = 400 = 202 •- A PAVEMENT PUZZLE
One floor was 38 ft. (1,444 stones) and the other 26 ft. square (676 stones).- THE MUDBURY WAR MEMORIAL
The number of posts in hand must have been 180, and the length of the
enclosing line 330 ft. Then, at a foot apart, they would require 150 more, but
at a yard apart 110 would suffice, and they would have 70 too many.
- MONKEY AND PULLEY
We find the age of the monkey works out at 116 years, and the age of the
mother 216 years, the monkey therefore weighing 216 lb., and the weight the
same. Then we soon discover that the rope weighed I y.. lb., or 20 oz.; and, as
a foot weighed 4 oz., the length of the rope was 5 ft.- UNLUCKY BREAKDOWNS
There must have been 900 persons in all. One hundred wagons started off
with 9 persons in each wagon. After 10 wagons had broken down, there
would be 10 persons in every wagon-"one more." As 15 more wagons had
to be withdrawn on the home journey, each of the remaining 75 wagons
would carry 12 persons-"three more than when they started out in the
morning."
- PAT IN AFRICA
Pat said, "Begorra, one number's as good as another and a little better, so,