WITH THE BICE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 34

WITH THE BICE.

A very interesting puzzle game with three dice is one involving a little mental arithmetic, and for a while it is :,quite> likely to=: perplex anyone not acquainted with the method. As everyone know?,- dice are cubeSjOf ■ a .size suitable for handling, whoso sis sides are numbered respectively 1, 2,. 3, 4, 5, 6; Let one of the party throw the three dice on:the table, unseen by the person de- : monstrating the puzzle, who will ask the thrower to multiply the number of spots; uppgriidst on - the first die by two anjd to add five,' then to multiply the result by five,and to add the spots uppermost on the second die, and finally :' to multiply that result by ten, adding . the number of spots uppermost on the ; third die. When the thrower gives this result, the demonstrator is able at once to tell him how'the dice were thrown. For example, if the result of ■; the calculation is 484, the demonstrator

would be able at onco to say that the dice as thrown, were 2, 3, and 4. Examine this with tho three dice in demonstration and try to discover how it is done, for it is an interesting puzzle.