NOT WHOLE NUMBERS
35.
Two numbers seek which make eleven,
Divide the larger by the less,
The quotient is exactly seven,
As all who solve it will confess.
AN AMPLE CHOICE
36. If there are twenty sorts of things from which 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 different selections can be made, how many of each sort are there?
37.
Three women, with no money, went to market. The first had thirty-three apples, the second twenty-nine, the third twenty-seven. Each woman sold the same number of apples for a penny. They all sold out, and yet each received an equal amount of money. How was this?