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

You have two sums of money, the difference of which is 2 dirhems; you divide the smaller sum by the larger and the quotient is equal to 1/2. What are the two sums of money?

Arthur Cayley: Mathematician Laureate of the Victorian Age

A biography of Arthur Cayley, the outstanding mathematician of Victorian Britain.

A General Question

Suppose General [George] Washington had 800 men and was supplied with provisions to last 2 months but he needed to feed his army for 5 months.

Loaf of Bread

In baking a hemispherical loaf of bread of 10" radius, the crust was everywhere of an equal thickness, and the solidity of the crust was equal to half the solid content of the whole loaf. What were the dimensions of the interior soft part?

Discovering the Beauty of Science

A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.

Deer in the City

Now there are 100 deer [being distributed] in a city. If one household has one deer there is a remainder...Find the number of households in the city.

Maxes and Mins

Determine the different values of x, when a certain function hits a minimum.

Be Careful Where You Step!

A ladder has 100 steps. On the first step sits 1 pigeon; on the second, 2; on the third, 3; and so on up to the hundredth. How many pigeons in all?

Wooden Beam Against the Wall

A wooden beam is stood vertically against a wall. The length of the beam is 30 units.