Nov. 13, 1904: Quite a puzzler
Posted on October 14th, 2009 – 8:54 PMBy Ben Welter
This cruel “puzzle” appeared on the St. Paul Globe’s “Girls and Boys Page Conducted by Polly Evans.” Polly must have been a wicked, wicked person.
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| Here’s the original caption, to save you some squinting: “The square is full of straight lines that criss-cross each other and make a confused maze of lines. Can you count them and tell Polly Evans how many there are?” To make things worse, Polly didn’t provide an answer. Sometimes, kids, you’re on your own. |
9 Responses to "Nov. 13, 1904: Quite a puzzler"
This is beyond cruel. It’s hazardous to one’s health.
how many lines?? all of them
That is not in fact a square, but a rectangle. Do I win?
51………..Count all the line coming in from around the perimeter and divide by 2 showing a starting and an ending point.
I have no idea if that’s correct but, it sounds as good as anything to me.
And if you don’t like my theory, be my guest and start counting.
Polly ws a mean, MEAN girl !!
4 - the rest are line segments
I have a feeling Polly just wanted to get the kids off her back for a few hours.
I got to 238 and I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my head, these folks were sick
Gives us OCD folks a challenge…
Polly apparently did not understand the distinction between a “line” and a “line segment.”
