OBLONG PUZZLE.

268. Cut out of a piece of cardboard fourteen pieces of the same

shape as those shown in the diagram--the same number of pieces as is

there represented--and then form an oblong with them.

[Illustration]

269. If a man can load a cart in five minutes, and a friend can load

it in two and a half minutes, how long will it take them both to load

it, both working together?

270. A gentleman on being asked how old he was, said that if he did

not count Mondays and Thursdays he would be 35. What was his actual

age?

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