One of the commercial questions of the day which remains to this time
unsettled, is whether the fact of a gentleman having NO TIN may not
have something to do with the answer he invariably sends of NOT IN
when anyone calls on him with a bill.
78. Find nine numbers in arithmetical progression--common difference
3--whose sum is equal to 5670, and arrange in a square, each side
containing three different numbers, so that, when added vertically,
horizontally or diagonally, the sum of each three numbers will amount
to 1890.
79. I have a box. The pieces forming the sides are 5 ft long, and
those forming the ends are 4 ft. broad. The box, when measured
externally all round, measures 18 ft 4 in., and when measured all round
internally, measures 17 ft 8 in. How can this be?
[Illustration]
Teacher: “Who was it that supported the world on his shoulders?”
Bright Pupil: “It was Atlas, ma’am.” Teacher: “And who supported
Atlas?” Bright Pupil: “The book don’t say, but I s’pose it was his
wife.”