A POST-OFFICE PERPLEXITY.
(
Money Puzzles)
In every business of life we are occasionally perplexed by some chance
question that for the moment staggers us. I quite pitied a young lady in
a branch post-office when a gentleman entered and deposited a crown on
the counter with this request: "Please give me some twopenny stamps, six
times as many penny stamps, and make up the rest of the money in
twopence-halfpenny stamps." For a moment she seemed bewildered, then her
brain cleared, and with a smile she handed over stamps in exact
fulfilment of the order. How long would it have taken you to think it
out?
Answer:
The young lady supplied 5 twopenny stamps, 30 penny stamps, and 8
twopence-halfpenny stamps, which delivery exactly fulfils the conditions
and represents a cost of five shillings.
