Reading, writing, arithmetic, and geography are the branches which are taught in these schools.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
It sounds exactly like one of those puzzle problems in arithmetic which I used to sweat and groan over.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
You're right; it's worse than arithmetic.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey