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A Lion in a Well

There is a lion in a well whose depth is 50 palms. He climbs and slips back a certain amount each day. In how many days will he get out of the well?

A Dangerous Castle Indeed

A castle has n rooms each of which has 7 samurai in it.

Looking for Bargains

One says that 10 garments were purchased by two men at a price of 72 dirhams. The garments varied in value. The price of each garment of one man is 3 dirhams more than the price for each garment of the other. How many garments did each man buy?

Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith

A study of Victorian idealism and its relation to religion, as exemplified in the work of three 19th century British mathematicians.

Real Estate Management

A four-sided town measures 1100 feet on one side and 1000 feet on the other side, on one edge 600 and the other edge 600.

Sum of a Series

What is the sum of the following series, carried to infinity: 11, 11/7, 11/49, etc.?

What's in Convergence? - Tables of Contents

Here are all articles, classroom activities, and reviews arranged into annual volumes starting with 2004.

A Tree with Branches, Nests, Eggs and Birds

There is a tree with 100 branches. How many nests, eggs and birds are there?

Mathematics Education at West Point: The First Hundred Years

A survey of the mathematics education of cadets in the first century after the founding of the U.S. Military Academy.

Free Fertilizer

If 12 oxen eat up 3 1/3 acres of meadow in 4 weeks and 21 oxen eat up 10 acres of exactly similar meadow in 9 weeks, how many oxen shall eat up 36 acres in 18 weeks? (Hint: The grass continues to grow.)

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