[47.] There are 5 eggs on a dish; divide them amongst 5 persons so that each will get 1 egg and yet 1 still remain on the dish.
[48.] If a goose weighs 10 lbs. and a half of its own weight, what is the weight of the goose?
THE GEOMETRICAL WONDER AND ARITHMETICAL ABSURDITY.
5 × 13 = 65 square inches.
Take a piece of cardboard 13 inches long and 5 wide, thus giving a surface of 65 inches. Cut this strip diagonally, giving two pieces in the shape of a triangle, and measure exactly 5 inches from the larger end of each strip and cut in two pieces. Take these strips and put them into the shape of an exact square, and it will appear to be just 8 inches each way, or 64 inches—a loss of one square inch of superficial measurement with no diminution of surface.
[49.] If we buy 20 sheep for 20 shillings, and give 2s. for wethers, 1s. 6d. for ewes, and 4d. for lambs, how many of each must we buy?