i am sure many of you know these already, but i thought it would be fun to look at again. i have to read Alice in Wonderland for a mathematics course (real analysis). there are numerous logical and mathematical puzzles in the story... most of which seem like nonsense to the typical reader. here is a simple one - feel free to post more if you know one. Q. How can you arrange 10 cakes in 5 rows with 4 cakes in each row? [ August 19, 2003: Message edited by: Greg Harris ]
okay... here is a good one. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is -- oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! that sounds like complete nonsense... but the math is actually correct! so, the question is: Q. what is 4*7 using this logic?