The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 5 (September 1, 1927)
A Poser
A Poser.
Traffic Inspector (to professor of mathematics):“So you saw the accident, sir? What was the number of the car that knocked this man down?”
Professor: “I'm afraid I've forgotten it. But I remember noticing that if it were multiplied by fifty, the cube root of the product would be equal to the sum of the digits reversed.”