Precocious Juvenile—“Mamma, it isn’t good grammar to say ‘after I,’ is it?”
His Mother—“No, Georgie.”
Precocious Juvenile—“Well, the letter J comes after I. Which is wrong—the grammar or the alphabet?”
[139.] There is an island in the form of a semi-circle; two persons start from a point in the diameter; one walks along the diameter, and the other at right angles to it; the former reaches the extremity of the diameter after walking 4 miles, and the latter the boundary of the island after walking 8 miles. Find the area of the island.
[140.] There is a certain number consisting of three figures which is equal to 36 times the sum of its digits, and 7 times the left-hand digit plus 9, equal to 5 times the sum of the remaining digits, and 8 times the second digit minus 9 is equal to the sum of the first and third. What is the number?
[141.] A bottle and cork costs 2½d.; the bottle costs 2d. more than the cork. What is the price of each?