Answers.

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The first£15
" second8
" third10
" fourth6
The man had  £39
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My friends,—I have spare blankets, and I shall need no more; The tenth man can have my bed, and I’ll sleep on the floor. In room marked A two men were placed; the third was lodged in B; The fourth to C was then assigned, the fifth retired to D; In E the sixth he tucked away, in F the seventh man, The eighth and ninth in G and H, and then to A he ran (Wherein the host, as I have said, had laid two travellers by); Then taking one—the tenth and last—he lodged him safe in I: Nine spare rooms—a room for each—were made to serve for ten. And this it is that puzzles me and many wiser men.

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26283950617274 415
363849607173 31425
3748597081 2132435
39
12
78
39
468
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636630624
633618639
987654321 = 45  or  555555555 = 45
123456789 = 4599999 = 45
864197532 = 45555455556 = 45
The 1st part 8add 2 = 10
" 2nd " 12subtract 2 = 10
" 3rd " 5 multiply by 2 = 10
" 4th " 20divide by 2 = 10
45
32  or  46  or  95 7236  or  14
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198 3
62 98
4100 2
100 100
56  or  20  or  40
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80715
1357
94698
3192
7100100
100
3 Officers, 2s. each and 4d. each   7s. 0d.
4 Non-coms, 1s. 6d. each7s. 4d.
8 Privates, 1s. 3d.12s. 8d
Amount£1 7s. 0d.
⅓ plus ¼ plus ⅕ plus ⅙ =20 plus 15 plus 12 plus 10 = 57
6060
s.
20 x 20 = 400 div. 57 = 7 157 to 1st son
15 x 20 = 300 div. 57 = 5 1557 " 2nd "
12 x 20 = 240 div. 57 = 4 1257 " 3rd "
10 x 20 = 200 div. 57 = 3 2957 " 4th "
20s.
1st Company, £2400
2nd " 1800
3rd " 1600
4th " 1500
£7300
Wife£4650
Son6200
Eldest daughter3100
Youngest "1550
Total  £15,500
The lazy sundowner 2 days at 2 hours per day =4 hours
 " second   " 4 "  " 4 "  "  " =16 " 
 " third    " 6 "  " 6 "  "  " =36 " 
 " fourth  "12 " " 12 "  "  " =144 " 
200 hours
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41664
128132
Even, £6 against £6—£12
2 to 1, £8 against £4—£12
3 to 1, £9 against £3—£12
£13 Received.
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Table Full.Half-full.Empty.
1|232
2|232
3|313
 1  |  3   1   3 
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James,9 "BobSixBobSix
Fred,8 "JackTenFredEight
Bob,6 "BabyOneJackTen
Tom,5 "JamesNineBabyOne
Baby,1 "FredEightJamesNine
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Proof—  3333333333333333
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3  " " 6  " " 3  "
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Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.

Answers are provided at the end of the book to numbered questions, however in the original text, numbers 237 to 241 were omitted for some reason.