Pictured Puzzles and Word Play / A Companion to the Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book

by A. Cyril Pearson

1. A SUM WITHOUT FIGURES

Here is a long-division sum without figures:—

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These letters form a sentence of three words .... .... .., and represent the figures 1234 5678 90; the puzzle is to discover this key sentence, by working out the sum in the corresponding figures.

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