Mathematical wrinkles for teachers and private learners .. (1912)
Jones, Samuel I. (Samuel Isaac), b. 1880 · Gunter, Tex., S.I. Jones · leaf 83
72 MATHEMATICAL WEINKLES stake. How much will the scales register? How much more will they register if a 100-pound weight is hung to a loop in the cord halfway between the pulley and the stake ? 109. Why can a fat man swim more easily than a lean one? 110. A rifle ball thrown against a board… … 112. The sum of four figures in value will be About seven thousand nine hundred and three; But when they are halved, you'll find very fair, The sum will be nothing, in truth, I declare. 113. A fisherman, being asked the depth of. a lake, replied: " This pole when standing on the bottom reaches one…
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