Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 17, 2017

A fedora-ful? Oldies week?

So is this problem kinda old hat?

BTW … the arithmetic is so easy I don’t really see any need for such a cute and evasive answer.

C’mon, Caulfield….. you can just solve it with your hands behind your back and your brain closed.

Is it a fedora-ful?

Depends on the fedora, I guess…

but I’ll just keep that under my hat.

Anybody know the real answer? I was never good at those.

At 5 cents each, that would be 8 apples for 40 cents. You would already know this if you had read the replies above.

Pssssshh! Is it obvious that they aren’t teaching new math?

On a similar theme. *Happy would love this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt_1WxtztQM

For me, this was easier than the problem last week. Eight apples and Frazz gave the answer indirectly (as previously mentioned). I have forgotten how these words problems are written to obfuscate a relatively simple calculation.

40 cents may buy one apple today, if buying individually.

Looking at my Fedora, I think I could fit 8 apples in it, so Caufield’s answer is not entirely incorrect.

What kind of apples? Granny Smith’s? Red Delicious? Inquiring minds need to know.

That’s a very “Calvinist” answer, young man.

I dunno. Do they tax food where Caulfield lives?

40 cents will buy 2 and ⅔ Schtroumpfs (Smurfs in the USA)

The interesting question is “Why do we buy apples by the pound when we eat them by the piece?” I know the answer, but I’ll leave it to you to figure it out.

Most of you are gone now…