[114].—The Tramps and the Biscuits.
The smallest number of biscuits must have been 1021, from which it is evident that they were of that miniature description that finds favour in the nursery. The general solution is that for n men the number must be m (nn+1) - (n - 1), where m is any integer. Each man will receive m (n - 1)n - 1 biscuits at the final division, though in the case of two men, when m = 1, the final distribution only benefits the dog. Of course, in every case each man steals an nth of the number of biscuits, after giving the odd one to the dog.
INDEX
- "Abracadabra," [64].
- Age and Kinship Puzzles, [20], [28].
- Albanna, Ibn, [198].
- Ale, Measuring the, [29].
- Algebraical Puzzles. See [Arithmetical Puzzles].
- Alkalaçadi, [198].
- Amulet, The, [64], [190].
- Archery Butt, The, [60], [187].
- Arithmetical Puzzles, [18], [26], [34], [36], [45], [46], [51], [56], [59], [61], [64], [65], [73], [74], [75], [88], [89], [91], [92], [103], [107], [122], [125], [128], [129], [130], [135], [137], [139], [143], [147], [148], [150], [151], [152], [153], [154], [157], [158], [161].
- Arrows, The Nine, [32].
- Astronomical Problem, [55].
- Bags, Four Money, [46].
- Ball, W. W. Rouse, [202].
- Bandy-Ball, The Game of, [58], [185].
- Bears, Capt. Longbow and the, [132], [233].
- Bergholt, Ernest, [237].
- Bewley, E. D., [237].
- Biscuits, The Tramps and the, [160], [250].
- Block, Cutting a Wood, [160], [250].
- Blocks, The Number, [139], [238].
- Bottles, Sharing the, [122].
- Bottles, The Sixteen, [45].
- Bridges, The Eight, [48].
- Bridging the Ditch, [83], [204].
- Brooch, Cutting the, [41].
- Buried Treasure, [107], [212].
- Buttons and String Method, [171], [239].
- Canon's Yeoman, Puzzle of the, [55], [181].
- Canterbury Pilgrim's Puzzle, [33].
- Canterbury Puzzles, [23], [163].
- Card Puzzle, [125].
- Carpenter's Puzzle, The, [31], [168].
- Carpet, Japanese Ladies and, [131], [231].
- Carroll, Lewis, [246].
- Casket, Lady Isabel's, [67], [191].
- Cats and Mice, [75].
- Cellarer, The Riddle of the, [73], [196].
- Cellarman, The Perplexed, [122], [222].
- Chalked Numbers, The, [89], [206].
- Chaucer's Puzzle, [54], [181].
- Cheeses on Stools, [24].
- Chessboard Problems, [21], [25], [32], [51], [72], [82], [90], [113], [114], [116], [119], [124], [138], [141].
- Chessboard, The Broken, [119], [220].
- Chifu-Chemulpo Puzzle, [134], [235].
- Chinese Railways, The, [127], [224].
- Christmas Puzzle Party, The Squire's, [86], [205].
- Cisterns, Making, [145].
- Clerk of Oxenford's Puzzle, The, [29], [167].
- Cliff Mystery, The Cornish, [99], [210].
- Clock Puzzle, [158].
- Cloth, Cutting the, [50].
- Clowns, The Eight, [128], [226].
- Club, Adventures of the Puzzle, [94], [210].
- Coinage Puzzle, The, [111], [214].
- Coin Magic Square, [111].
- Column, The Nelson, [146], [241].
- Combination and Group Problems, [38], [39], [61], [70], [122], [137], [147].
- Cook's Puzzle, The, [36], [171].
- Cornish Cliff Mystery, The, [99], [210].
- Counter Problems, Moving, [24], [35], [69], [77], [124], [135], [136], [141].
- Counting out Puzzle, [39].
- Crescent and the Cross, The, [63], [189].
- Crossing River Problems, [82], [83].
- Crusaders, The Riddle of the, [74], [197].
- Crusoe's Table, Robinson, [142], [240].
- Cubes, Sums of Two, [174], [209].
- Cubes, The Silver, [92], [209].
- Daily Mail, [179], [221], [236].
- Decimals, Recurring, [228], [229].
- Demoiselle, The Noble, [59], [186].
- Diamond Letter Puzzles, [181].
- Digital Analysis, [228].
- Digital Puzzles, [18], [26], [90], [103], [129], [139], [148], [154].
- Dispute between Friar and Sompnour, [51], [180].
- Dissection Puzzles, [29], [30], [35], [41], [49], [63], [123], [131], [142].
- Ditch, Bridging the, [83], [204].
- Divisors of Numbers, To Find, [170].
- Doctor of Physic, The Puzzle of the, [42], [174].
- Donjon Keep Window, The, [62], [188].
- Dorcas Society, The, [151], [245].
- Dormitory Puzzle, The, [70].
- Dungeon, The Death's-head, [60].
- Dungeons, The Nine, [35].
- Dyer's Puzzle, The, [50], [180].