What number of three figures multiplied by 8 will make exactly 10?
Answer.— 1¼ or 1.25.
Does the top of a carriage-wheel move faster than the bottom? If so, explain the reason.
Answer.—The top always moves faster than the bottom.
Which is greater, and how much, six dozen dozen or a half a dozen dozen; or is there no difference between them?
The former.
Which is heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?
Answer.—The pound of feathers, because it is weighed by Avoirdupois weight, while gold is weighed by Troy weight.
Take fifty, add a cipher, add five, add the fifth of eight, and the total is the sum of human happiness.
Answer.—LOVE.