He did exactly the same for the next five days, and on Saturday evening reached home with just one penny in his pocket. How much had he in his pocket on Monday before he reached the ferry?
THE MEN, THE MONKEY, AND THE MANGOES
29. Three men gathered mangoes, and agreed that next day they would give one to their monkey and divide the rest equally. The first who arrived gave one to the monkey, and then took his proper share; the second came later and did likewise, and the third later still, neither knowing that any one had preceded him. Finally they met, and, as there were still mangoes, gave one to the monkey, and shared the rest equally. How many mangoes at least must there have been if all the divisions were accurate?
30.
I look at my watch between four and five, and again between seven and eight. The hands have, I find, exactly changed places, so that the hour-hand is where the minute-hand was, and the minute-hand takes the place of the hour-hand. At what time did I first look at my watch?
A LARGE ORDER
31. There is a number consisting of twenty-two figures, of which the last is 7. If this is moved to the first place, the number is increased exactly sevenfold. Can you discover this lengthy number?