Half a score is ten


A winter evening in Väinölänniemi.

Your aid I want, nine trees to plant

In rows just half a score;

And let there be in each row three.

Solve this: I ask no more.

From ‘Rational Amusements for Winter Evenings’ by John Jackson, 1821.

4 Responses to “Half a score is ten”

  1. Richard Sabey Says:

    Here’s where I see if the “pre” tag works the way it did before.

    [pre]
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    [/pre]

  2. Richard Sabey Says:

    Nope. OK then, stars represent trees, and dots are solely for spacing.

    *……*……*
    ….*..*..*
    *……*……*

  3. Nick Brown Says:

    Try using less than ()

  4. Nick Brown Says:

    Oops…

    Try using the less than and greater than symbols instead of square brackets.

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