Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book / Three Parts in One Volume - Unknown

Now take the same men or buttons, and arrange them so that they form another square, and you can count five along each side of it.

[Solution]

A GAME OF NINES

Here is a good specimen of the eccentricities and powers of numbers:—

153846	×	13	=	1999998
230769	×	13	=	2999997
307692	×	13	=	3999996
384615	×	13	=	4999995
461538	×	13	=	5999994
538461	×	13	=	6999993
615384	×	13	=	7999992
692307	×	13	=	8999991

No. LXXXIV.—TELL-TALE TABLES

She was quite an old maid, and her age was a most absolute secret. Determined to discover it, her scapegrace nephew, on Christmas Eve, produced these tables, and asked her with well simulated innocence on which of them she could see the number of her age.

1	23	45	2	23	46	16	27	54
3	25	47	3	26	47	17	28	55
5	27	49	6	27	50	18	29	56
7	29	51	7	30	51	19	30	57
9	31	53	10	31	54	20	31	58
11	33	55	11	34	55	21	48	59
13	35	57	14	35	58	22	49	60
15	37	59	15	38	59	23	50	61
17	39	61	18	39	62	24	51	62
19	41	A	19	42	B	25	52	C
21	43	A	22	43	B	26	53	C

8	27	46	4	23	46	32	43	54
9	28	47	5	28	47	33	44	55
10	29	56	6	29	52	34	45	56
11	30	57	7	30	53	35	46	57
12	31	58	12	31	54	36	47	58
13	40	59	13	36	55	37	48	59
14	41	60	14	37	60	38	49	60
15	42	61	15	38	61	39	50	61
24	43	62	20	39	62	40	51	62
25	44	D	21	44	E	41	52	F
26	45	D	22	45	E	42	53	F

1	23	45	2	23	46	16	27	54
3	25	47	3	26	47	17	28	55
5	27	49	6	27	50	18	29	56
7	29	51	7	30	51	19	30	57
9	31	53	10	31	54	20	31	58
11	33	55	11	34	55	21	48	59
13	35	57	14	35	58	22	49	60
15	37	59	15	38	59	23	50	61
17	39	61	18	39	62	24	51	62
19	41	A	19	42	B	25	52	C
21	43	A	22	43	B	26	53	C

8	27	46	4	23	46	32	43	54
9	28	47	5	28	47	33	44	55
10	29	56	6	29	52	34	45	56
11	30	57	7	30	53	35	46	57
12	31	58	12	31	54	36	47	58
13	40	59	13	36	55	37	48	59
14	41	60	14	37	60	38	49	60
15	42	61	15	38	61	39	50	61
24	43	62	20	39	62	40	51	62
25	44	D	21	44	E	41	52	F
26	45	D	22	45	E	42	53	F

1	23	45	2	23	46	16	27	54
3	25	47	3	26	47	17	28	55
5	27	49	6	27	50	18	29	56
7	29	51	7	30	51	19	30	57
9	31	53	10	31	54	20	31	58
11	33	55	11	34	55	21	48	59
13	35	57	14	35	58	22	49	60
15	37	59	15	38	59	23	50	61
17	39	61	18	39	62	24	51	62
19	41	A	19	42	B	25	52	C
21	43	A	22	43	B	26	53	C

8	27	46	4	23	46	32	43	54
9	28	47	5	28	47	33	44	55
10	29	56	6	29	52	34	45	56
11	30	57	7	30	53	35	46	57
12	31	58	12	31	54	36	47	58
13	40	59	13	36	55	37	48	59
14	41	60	14	37	60	38	49	60
15	42	61	15	38	61	39	50	61
24	43	62	20	39	62	40	51	62
25	44	D	21	44	E	41	52	F
26	45	D	22	45	E	42	53	F

1	23	45	2	23	46	16	27	54
3	25	47	3	26	47	17	28	55
5	27	49	6	27	50	18	29	56
7	29	51	7	30	51	19	30	57
9	31	53	10	31	54	20	31	58
11	33	55	11	34	55	21	48	59
13	35	57	14	35	58	22	49	60
15	37	59	15	38	59	23	50	61
17	39	61	18	39	62	24	51	62
19	41	A	19	42	B	25	52	C
21	43	A	22	43	B	26	53	C

8	27	46	4	23	46	32	43	54
9	28	47	5	28	47	33	44	55
10	29	56	6	29	52	34	45	56
11	30	57	7	30	53	35	46	57
12	31	58	12	31	54	36	47	58
13	40	59	13	36	55	37	48	59
14	41	60	14	37	60	38	49	60
15	42	61	15	38	61	39	50	61
24	43	62	20	39	62	40	51	62
25	44	D	21	44	E	41	52	F
26	45	D	22	45	E	42	53	F