Archive for: August 2008

Some years ago a man told me he had spent one hundred English silver coins in Christmas-boxes, giving every person the same amount, and it cost him exactly £1, 10s. 1d.

Can …

A man went recently into a dairyman’s shop to buy eggs.

He wanted them of various qualities.

The salesman had new-laid eggs at the high price …

I paid a man a shilling for some apples, but they were so small that I made him throw in two extra apples.

I find that made them cost just a penny …

“A neighbour of mine,” said Aunt Jane, “bought a certain quantity of beef at two shillings a pound, and the same quantity of sausages at eighteenpence a pound.

I pointed out to …

The proprietor of a small London café has given me some interesting figures.

He says that the ladies who come alone to his place for refreshment spend each on an …

A number of market women sold their various products at a certain price per pound (different in every case), and each received the same amount—2s. 2½d.

What is the greatest number of …