25. The LegacyWhen my uncle in Madura died recently, he left a will, instruction his executors to divide his estate of Rs.1,920,000 in the manner: Every son should receive three times as much as daughter, and that every daughter should get twice as much as their mother. What is my aunt’s share? 26. The […]
21. The Perplexed postal clerkMy friend Shuba works in a post office and she sells stamps. One day a man walked in and kept seventy five paise on the counter and requested, ‘Please give me some 2 paise stamps, six times as many as one paisa stamps, and for the rest of the amount give […]
17. I’ll Get it for You Wholesale…A wholesale merchant came to me one day and posed this problem. Every day in his business he had to weigh amounts from one pound to one hundred and twenty-one pound, to nearest pound. To do this, what is the minimum number of weight he needs and how heavy […]
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