6.
I buy as many heads of asparagus in the market as can be contained by a string 1 foot long. Next day I take a string 2 feet long, and buy as many as it will gird, offering double the price that I have given before. Was this a reasonable offer?
ALIKE FROM EITHER END
7. As “one good turn deserves another,” first reverse me, then reverse my square, then my cube, then my fourth power. When all this is done no change has been made. What am I?
THE SEALED BAGS
8. How can a thousand pounds be so conveniently stored in ten sealed bags that any sum in pounds from £1 to £1000 can be paid without breaking any of the seals?