Show Mathematics I IAre II I Are Popular as Brain Exercise Judging b by tho the interest that I la is taken by readers of or Tho The Telegram In the tho problems this paper has been offering offerIng offer offer- Ing for tor solution mathematics are more moro popular than would bo ho supposed and It Is evident that tho the subject Is not dropped when school days are arc over i While there were wera scores score who sent In the correct answer to the tank problem problem problem lem there were only a n few who solved the problem about the tho distribution of or ortho tho the newspapers and none of or those who submitted the correct answer to the letter tol told how the problem was solved The Tho correct answer to the tank problem problem lem Jem is fifteen hours Tho The correct answer to the more difficult newspaper per er problem pro lem Is sev seventy nine nty papers This is S the least cast nurn number cr of oC Tele Telegrams rams the tho philanthropic gentleman could have havo given I the newsboys newsboy to bo be distributed dis- dis ls- ls us as the Problem sets acts forth Th Tile The problem Is as follows A philanthropic man buys bu s 's a bundle bun le leor of or Salt SnIt Like Lake Telegrams and gives the bundle hundle to a newsboy with Instructions that ho he must divide o the bundle equally between himself and two other boys I The boy divided the papers Into three equal piles plies but found there th fo was an odd orld one which ho threw awa away Ho hid the one pile and without saying what he had done delivered the tho other two piles pile to n a second newsboy who when alone atone lidded divided ed the latter Jatter Into three equal piles plies finding a again an nn od odd one which ho he threw away Taking one of or the tho three equal piles I he hid it and turned the remainder over oyer to tho the third bo boy who when alone divided tho pile Into three e equal piles plies and a as the the- two others other had done threw away the odd copy and kept the one pile Later Lator the three bo boys together di divided divided dl- dl vided tho final remainder of ot The Telegrams Telegrams Tele Tele- grams and found for tor the fourth time that there was an odd one How many man was the least number of ot Telegrams tho the philanthropic man could have bought for the newsboys In or order order order or- or der to cause the odd copy to be found I when tho the piles plies were divided d a. a as de described described de- de scribed Those who submitted d answer answers to tho the newspaper problem are arc Edmund Ed FA mund Gelb 70 Jefferson place E. E M M. 1 Lessley and W W. E E. of or tho the Maxfield Max Mas- Masfield field apartments |