220 Problems
Read the following:—
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bed.
If you do it correctly you will say, “A little dark e in bed.”
A man had twenty sick sheep. One died. How many had he left?
Answer. Nineteen.
Ask this question:—
Which is right, six and five is thirteen, or six and five are thirteen?
Of course the answer is neither, but the one questioned will puzzle over the use of “is” and “are.”
Another puzzler is this:—
Forty sheep went through a gap;
Forty men went after that;
Six, seven, twice eleven,
Three and two, how much is that?
This makes an extended problem if one attempts to figure from the first line.
What is it has four legs and only one foot?
A bedstead.
Mississippi went to town,
