The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-05

they commenced One wanted to know if the
barn burned up. One wanted to know if it
hurt the old lady. One wanted to know if it
killed the child at the Well But one little
big-headed fellow spoke up and said: '.Did he
kill that woodchuck % The lawyer replied !;
Yes, that's what he shot; for, and it was the
the main point of the problem is to get the
first possible number into % different boxes,
and there were 50 pennies ~ Lawyer.
4le Bank of Commerce.
Mixes Prose and Poetry.
To the SSidoo Problem Editor:
Herewith l present to YOU a solution of Ski
200. Inc least common multiple of the num-
bers from 2 to % with added is required to
meet the first condition of the problem name
ly, to place an equal number of pennies in
2, ), 4, 8 up to % boxes and have one left
over after each division. This gives us $685.
$50 plus 1 equals 9,699, COL pennies.
Now L think that's rather neat f]I - -
And the answer Is complete "a.
But, halt Is this number ,divisible by 90 :?
Are the boxes .nliquot
To tie pennies? They. are not. -" -
Here we have to think, and so ~ ~
Average and ratfo--gr
80 Every nalf- forgotten rule -
We absorbed in grammar school ~ -
Arithmetical progression
Crowd the brain in wild procession, -.
Till we find that twenty three
Rather lacks affinity. y" 'sa;t
There's long and proper way
To the answer. Shall we? Nay;
To save time we just shall try
T. Once Or twice to multiply. TO-
3 Every multiple of 9,699,69O with one added
will satisfy the p first boxes, with one penny
left over in each case. Query: How often do
we have to multiply that number and add one
before % divides it without remainder: We
find that twice will not do it, but three times
will; 9,699,69 times pfis l, answer 2o,O99, OIL
pennies, Is the least amount to meet the re-
quirements of the problem.
-.. But the mind is rather sad
TO behold that counting lad.
Yours skidooly,
A. R. Groenke, care schock Mfg Co.
Another Poet. Breaks Loose:
To the skidoo Problem Editor:
That Skidoo problem is "a heartless fake;
It'll drive people crazy without mistake
The almighty dollar has ruined many a mind
And the one thousand pennies are not far be-
Early in the morning and late at night.
People are hgur1ng with all their might:
Scrlbbllng, scratching. wasting paper and ink,
Wee little tots in the second grade
Desperate efforts repeatedly have made
TO win those bright pennies in that big store
Ihlnklns OF chewing gum and candy galore.
Pretty ,of young maids have worked early and
But as their answers show, they're not I'D to
date. ss,.. -%ute
They made some big figures, not within mile:
They thought the prize would be theirs for a
SMILE &'#E.. :e1
Mathematical sharps all over the land
Have sat at their desks with pencil in hand
To solve this problem was their sole .determi-
nation, : 81 -. F..
But: it soon confused them and spoiled their
reputation. Ii s. &s = - -
Professional men IN various lines
Have met with big problems hundreds of times.
cal feld.' - $500
But an answer to the .'Skidoo,' have fa;,od
to reveal.
The inventor of this problem "a wise one
must be- IsgE
And eagerly people are waiting to see
IT 1t is only a hoax, or sound. solid business
Ihat mas kept em up nights and caused such
dizziness. - - -
I've worked 1t myself time and again. ..-
Ill It looked like myth-no beginning nor
If I had that editor I'd show him a Joke
III try it again in different way;
The exact figures I will not say
But will give you pointer and hint;
For more Information apply at the mint
I've studied mathematics thru and thru,
And answers in septfllions very few;
But SO many penntes-why, it's a shame;
Ihey'd cover the states from here to Name
As for the boxes, they would have to be
AS large as the state of Tennessee
10 MI them with pennies in a thousand years
would take all the men both hemispheres
One penny left over or none at all
Should never justify such an awful suuall
I'd put In the boxes all they'd hold
ana give the remainder to the poor and old
Louis R. Hagen, 729 9TH av SE