The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-28

Some very erudite and profound cal
culations have been going on thruout
the northwest in the attempt to solve
the battling Skidoo problem The
prize of thousand bright new pennies
to the one sending in the, correct
answer in the cleverest form is, OF
course, q great attraction, but many GU
rious persons who have a fondness for
mathematical problems have been fig
uring bit for their own satisfaction
and have sent the results Of their brain
Will N. Deits, AIS East Lake street,
who sent in the wall paper solution yes:
terday, today remembered to send in
his name-and some more wall paper.
J. C. Cooper, Hatton, N. D., sends in
an eight7page treatise on the subject,
in which he evolves a general rule for
solving all spidoo problems. Applying
his rule to the present one, he drags
fortht the following answer: 1924, OOO,-
727,777, 607 ,680,001. It would not do
to print his general rule, however, be-
cause then everyone could solve the
prOblem-just as easy. ..-.
Florence. Spie1berg of St, Paul, who
tells an anxious public that "the line
is busy,0 figures out the number. Of
pennies thus: 28,15S,588, O57 sol. She
adds: -, .-
But, my, I should like to see what size of
boxes the boy used, for even when he took twep-
ty-three boxes each held 1924, 2s6, 49,, 2S7 pen
MES. can't see how he could count them.
think he just weighed them, and above all
really think the old man must have had a mint
of ais in the od
grows. - -. '-..-... ..
Lester W. Hansen of Hendricks,
Mimi, gets this answer: 23,279,256,-
100000, Doc, 100000, 0oo,001. This pre-
sents some difficulties to his mind,
however, as he says the twenty three
boxes must be Of an unusually large
size to hold the pennies. He thinks it
of today could carry out the feat Of
constructing then successfully. Maud
Van Kleek 400 Sixth street S, says the
collector had 1884 ,228,88 pennies and
she is willing to accept 1000 Of them
Clarke Benham, -2204 Humboldt avenue,
and 11-year-old, sees a dark scheme to
mislead the reader. He refuses to be
misled and says there were five pennies
in five boxes. F. A. Kanouff, Mitch
be caught by chaff. He says there
was only one penny, which was put in
box, that box in large large one,
these two in a still larger one and SO
on up to %. Looks easy, doesn It its
Carl Nelson, Cyrus, Mimi, writes
that he is positive So is the number.
It is well not to be too positive about
things, Carl.
More than thirty anxious solvers
answer '23'', unanimously. An
equally large bunch says "529,' while
a third class speaks up "69.'' Fol
lowing are some Of the interesting
answers of the day:
Solved by a Foetess.
To the skidoo Problem Editor.
Come into my parlor,'' says the spider to the
fly.
'This problem is easy says Mr.. Editor. "Give
it a try!'
was Saught and have figured with such care
That 'sktdoo has become Il nightmare.
Your number of boxes is twenty three,
Number Of pennies in each must equal be. 81
A common multiple Of two to twenty two, adding
one, applies, s.
Which must be divisible by twenty-three to get
the prize.
If am correct, my delight
Will hardly pay for sleep1ess night.
am too tired to be funny,
And haven't honestly, earned the money.
Below give the number
And want the pennies, by thunder! u
1854, 22S, SS1. -Inez Hoy,
800 University Avenue NE.