Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1913 — A Solution. [ARTICLE]

A Solution.

In one of Boston’s primary schools the other day the head master of the district presented a problem for the scholars that would require the use of fractions. He expected the aqswer “1 don’t now." The problem: “If I had eight potatoes how could I divide them among nine boys?" One brightlooking youngster raised his hand. “Mash them," promptly replied the young mathematician.