[268.] Cut out of a piece of cardboard fourteen pieces of the same shape as those shown in the diagram—the same number of pieces as is there represented—and then form an oblong with them.
[269.] If a man can load a cart in five minutes, and a friend can load it in two and a half minutes, how long will it take them both to load it, both working together?
[270.] A gentleman on being asked how old he was, said that if he did not count Mondays and Thursdays he would be 35. What was his actual age?
TOO SMART FOR DAD.
“Pa,” said a boy from school, “How many peas are in a pint?” “How can anybody tell that, foolish boy?” “I can every time. There is just one ‘p’ in pint the world over.” He was sent off to bed early.
SIMPLE PROPORTION.