Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/2 - Pocket-money
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $2$
- Pocket-money
- I went down the street with a certain amount of money in my pocket,
- and when I returned home I discovered that I had spent just half of it,
- and that I now had just as many shillings as I previously had pounds,
- and half as many pounds as I then had shillings.
- How much money had I spent?
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Also see
- Dollars and Cents, which follows exactly the same pattern.
Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $2$. -- Pocket-money