If you follow my rule with fifteen,
Then you'll surely get seventy-four.
The routine can then also be seen
With what number you wish--say a score.
With a score you get seventy-one,
But with five just an eighty you'll see.
So perhaps you can figure for fun
What the answer with thirty will be.
(Note: A score is twenty.)
(Hunter, J.A.H., (1956). Fun with Figures. New York: Dover Publishers, Inc.)
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