FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 4 February 1909, Page 198

FAMILY FUN

Turn round, with your back to the table, ask somebody to throw the dice. Then tell the person who threw them to double the number of the spots "on the die on the left, and keep the number to himself. Tell him to add five, then multiply by five. To this figure have him add the number of spots on the die in the middle and multiply the product by ten. -" Then ask him to multiply the number of spots on the third die and give you the" aggregate sum. From the amount subtract mentally 250, and the remainder will show in the three figures the number of spots on each of the three dice. For instance, take three dice. Their numbers are three, five, and two. Double the one on the left — five plus five equals ten. Add five, equals fifteen. Multiply by five equals seventy-five. Add the number of spots on the die in the middle, three equals seventy-eight. Multiply by ten, equals 780. Add number of spots on the third die, two, equals 782. Subtract 250 and 532 remains, which are the numbers on the dice.