Sunday, August 9, 2009

I Love ...

If I^2 = ME, but I^3 = YOU, what is the reversal of the difference between ME and I?

Perfect Square

Find 2 digit numbers with distinct digits such that the difference between the square of the number and the square of the reversal of the number is itself a perfect square.

Selling Apple in Cubic Inches

If we sell apples by the cubic inch, how can we really find the exact number of cubic inches in a dozen apples?

Death of An Officer

An English officer, after a gruesome experience during the Boxer rebellion in China, fell asleep in church during the sermon. He was dreaming that the executioner was approaching him to cut off his head, and just as the sword was descending on the officer's neck, his wife lightly touched her husband on the back of his neck with her fan to awaken him. The shock was so great that the officer fell forward dead. Could this story be true?