FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 20, 16 May 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

Place some fellow who is proud of his strengthi in the middle of the room and give him a chair to hold, so that his body is ibetween the legs of the chair while the back stretches out horizontally in front of him. Tell him to hold- the chair as tight as possible. In this position the back of .the chair which is to be touched becomes a lever- by means of % which he can be turned around by one finger, no matter how heavy or how strong the subject may he. . "" Here is a little example in arithmetic that is not very difficult. See if you can work it out : A cabman was asked by a ' fare ' to give his number. . • You want my number, Ho you ? . rWell, work it out for yourself. If you divide my numlber by two, three, four, five, or six, you will find there is always one over, but if you divide it by eleven there ain't any remainder, and, what's more, there's' no cabl>v with a low^r number <thajti can say the same.' What was the man's numiber 1 Answer—l2l.;