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

by A. Cyril Pearson

There are four words in the sentence of thirteen letters.

[Solution]

No. LXXXVI.—TOLD AT A GLANCE

Ask anyone to fix upon a number between 1 and 60 inclusive, and to point out to you the square or squares in which it appears:—

3	5	7	9	11	1		5	6	7	13	12	4
13	15	17	19	21	23		14	15	20	21	22	23
25	27	29	31	33	35		28	29	30	31	36	37
37	39	41	43	45	47		52	38	39	44	45	46
49	51	53	55	57	59		47	53	54	55	60	13

9	10	11	12	13	8		3	6	7	10	11	2
14	15	24	25	26	27		14	15	18	19	22	23
28	29	30	31	40	41		26	27	30	31	34	35
42	43	44	45	46	47		38	39	42	43	46	47
56	57	58	59	60	13		50	51	54	55	58	59

17	18	19	20	21	16		33	34	35	36	37	32
22	23	24	25	26	27		38	39	40	41	42	43
28	29	30	31	48	49		44	45	46	47	48	49
50	51	52	53	54	55		50	51	52	53	54	55
56	57	58	59	30	60		56	57	58	59	60	41

[Image]

You can find the number at a glance, by simply adding together the numbers in the right-hand top corner cells of the square indicated. Thus, if 45 has been chosen, 32 + 8 + 4 + 1 = 45.

No. LXXXVII.