In a certain street are three tailors. The first to set up shop hung
out this sign--“Here is the best tailor in the town.” The next put
up--“Here is the best tailor in the world.” The third simply had
this--“Here is the best tailor in this street.”
“On the Wallaby.”
176. Four sundowners called at a station and asked for rations.
“Well,” said the manager, “I have a job that will take 200 hours to
complete; if you want to do it, you can divide the work and the money
among yourselves as you see fit.” The sundowners agreed to do the
work on these conditions. “Now, mates,” said the laziest of them,
“it’s no good all of us doing the same amount of work. Let’s toss
up to see who shall work the most hours a day, and who the fewest.
Then let each man work as many days as he does hours a day.” This
was agreed to; but the proposer took good care that chance should
designate him to do the least number of hours of work. How were the
200 hours put in so that each man should work as many hours as days,
and yet no two men work the same number of hours?
177. On multiplying a certain number by 517 a result is obtained
greater by 7,303,535 than if the same number had been multiplied
by 312. How much greater still would be the result if 811 were the
multiplier instead of 312?