If first my age is multiplied by three,
And then of that two-sevenths tripled be,
The square root of two-ninths of this is four,
Now tell my age, or never see me more!
What was her age?
106.
If cars run at uniform speed on the twopenny tube, from Shepherd’s Bush to the Bank at intervals of two minutes, how many shall I meet in half an hour if I am travelling from the Bank to Shepherd’s Bush?
PAYMENT BY RESULTS
107. What would it cost me to keep my word if I were to offer my greengrocer a farthing for every different group of ten apples he could select from a basket of a hundred apples?