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The Twelfth Question<br />

"Oh, 1 wasn't counting that!" exclaimed <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />

"You see, she can't count!" the Red Queen triumphantly exclaimed.<br />

"Not a bit!" the White Queen agreed.<br />

"You'll never be able to pass an examination unless you can<br />

count!" said the Red Queen.<br />

"But I can count," pleaded poor <strong>Alice</strong>. "It's just that I counted the<br />

wrong thing!"<br />

"That's no excuse," replied the Red Queen. "You should always<br />

count everything, because everything counts."<br />

<strong>Alice</strong> tried to puzzle this out, and the Red Queen continued,<br />

"Now, here are the rules of the examination. We will ask you twelve<br />

questions, and you are allowed at most three wrong answers in<br />

order to pass."<br />

And so the examination began.<br />

THE FIRST QUESTION "Do you know how to divide?" asked<br />

the Red Queen.<br />

"Why, of course!" replied <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />

"Very well then, suppose you divide eleven thousand eleven<br />

hundred and eleven by three. What remainder do you get? You<br />

may use this pencil and paper if you like."<br />

<strong>Alice</strong> set to work and made a calculation.<br />

"I get a remainder of two," replied <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />

"Wrong!" exclaimed the Red Queen triumphantly. "You see, she<br />

can't do division!"<br />

"Not a bit!" agreed the White Queen.<br />

Why don't you try this puzzle with pencil and paper, and see if<br />

<strong>Alice</strong> was right? Then you better read the solution!<br />

ANOTHER DIVISION "Let's try another division," said the Red<br />

Queen. "How much is a million divided by a quarter?"<br />

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