Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/158 - Newsboys
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $158$
- Newsboys
- A contest took place amongst some newspaper boys.
- Tom Smith sold one paper more than a quarter of the whole lot they had secured;
- Billy Jones disposed of one paper more than a quarter of the remainder;
- Ned Smith sold one paper more than a quarter of what was left;
- and Charlie Jones disposed of just one paper more than a quarter of the remainder.
- At this stage it was found that the Smiths were exactly $100$ papers ahead,
- but little Jimmy Jones, the youngest kid of the bunch, sold all that were left,
- so that in this friendly encounter the Joneses won by how many papers do you think?
Click here for solution
Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $158$. -- Newsboys