199. What is the earliest banking transaction mentioned in the Bible?
The answer generally given to this is, “The check which Pharaoh
received on the banks of the Red Sea, crossed by Moses & Co.” There
is still an earlier instance: see if you can find it out.
200. How much tea at 6s. per lb. must be mixed with 12 lbs. at 3s. 8d.
per lb. so that the mixture may be worth 4s. 4d. per lb.?
201. Place 17 little sticks--matches, for instance--making six equal
squares, as in the margin, then remove five sticks and leave three
perfect squares of the same size.
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