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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1935, Page 31

Ages.—The ages are 18, 14, and 10 years. :

Eggs.—She began with 279 eggs, sold 140, and then 12 were stolen before she sold any more.

High Stakes.—The smallest numbers that will fit are that he began with 799, and had 700 left. Inthis case, he lost only 8 on the last night.

Argumentative Problem*—lt can' be seen that neither C nor D scored the 5 mentioned. Therefore, it is part of B's total, and from the other details given, it must have been his marks for the second" problem. He scored 3 for each of the others. ' .

Problematical Car.—The prime factors of 51051 are 17, 13, 11, 7, 3, and the sum of these is only 51. ,H grouped, so as to make only 3 days, no multiple of 14 can be made. Therefore,.the'professor drove his car on four days, but at first the only answer seems to.be that the car.is 15 years old. and has done 187 miles in one day. As this is not very' probable, we, are under the obligation of seeking an alternative solution, and there is one. The longest and shortest drives were 33 and ,T miles, and the car has been, in his possession for five years. . .