Clock Puzzles

5. How many minutes is it until six o’clock if fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o’clock?
Answer
Ans: Twenty-six minutes.
6. THE RAILWAY STATION CLOCK.
A clock hangs on the wall of a railway station, 71 ft. 9 in. long and 10 ft. 4 in. high. Those are the dimensions of the wall, not of the clock! While waiting for a train we noticed that the hands of the clock were pointing in opposite directions, and were parallel to one of the diagonals of the wall. What was the exact time?
Answer
Ans: The time must have been 437/11 min. past two o’clock.
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