ANOTHER LITTLE PROBLEM.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2644, 12 May 1923, Page 5

ANOTHER LITTLE PROBLEM.

Interest in the mathematical problems is growing. "Nutcracker” writes as follows;-—"Our friend's problem is not clearly stated. He does not state whether A, 13, or C keeps the extra apple or replaces it in the original bag. As this problem stands It has two answers. Does our "Old Young Friend” know both these answers? If not I will tell him. As you, sir, have readers interested in figures, I forward this one: A father has ten sons whom we will call A, B # C. etc., up to J. He also has one hundred houses in a street, the numbers of which commence with one and go up to one hundred. He draws rent from each one in pounds according to the number of the house. For instance t If the house number is 28, he draws £29. Now, in his will he wishes to leave each an equal number of houses, also each son must draw exactly the same amount in rentals. Which houses in the street does he give to each son? Another reader gives 82 as the answer to the Chinese puzzle. "Too Fat,” supplies the following detailed solution: —The three Chinamen stole 82 apples. The first Chinaman took 27, leaving 27 for each of other two men and 1 over (55 left). The second Chinaman took 18, leaving 18 for each of other two men and 1 over (37 left). The third Chinaman took 12, leaving 12 for each of other two men and 1 over (25 left). Then the three together divided getting* S each and 1 over.