Father (who has helped his son in his arithmetic at home)—“What did the teacher remark when you showed him your sums?”
Johnny—“He said I was getting more stupid every day.”
A “CATCH.”
[28.] 2 plus 2 = 4
2 x 2 = 4 The sum and product are alike.
Find another number that when added to itself the sum will equal its square.
[29.] A man went to market with 3 baskets of oranges, which he sold at 6d. per dozen; after paying 2s. for refreshments and his coach fare, he had remaining 7s. The contents of the first and second baskets were equal to four times the first, and the contents of the first and half the third were together equal to the second; if he had sold the second and third baskets at 4d per dozen, he would have made as much money as he had now remaining. What was the coach fare?