A man boasted that he carried off an entire timber yard in his left
hand. It turned out that the timber-yard was a three-foot rule.
Domino Puzzle.
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167. Arrange the 28 dominoes in such a manner as to have two squares
of each number; there are eight half-squares of each number in the
complete set--eight sixes, eight fives, &c.--so that four of the
one number comprise a square. The whole, when finished, will form a
figure like a square, resembling a wide letter =I=.
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168. A sum of money is divided among a number of persons; the second
gets 8d. more than the first, the third gets 1s. 4d. more than the
second, the fourth 2s. more than the third, and so on. If the first
gets 6d. and the last £5 2s. 6d., how many persons were there?