32.
A farmer borrowed from a miller a sack of wheat, 4 feet long and 6 feet in circumference. He sent in repayment two sacks, each 4 feet long and 3 feet in circumference. Was the miller satisfied?
THE FIVE GAMBLERS
33. Five gamblers, whom we will call A, B, C, D, and E, play together, on the condition that after each hazard he who loses shall give to all the others as much as they then have in hand.
Each loses in turn, beginning with A, and when they leave the table each has the same sum in hand, thirty-two pounds. How much had each at first?
34.
Knowing that the square of 87 is 7569, how can we rapidly, without multiplication, determine in succession the squares of 88, 89, and 90?