A puzzle by Russian mathematician Boris Kordemsky:

A house has 6 stories, each the same height. How many times as long is the ascent to the sixth floor as the ascent to the third?

| SelectClick for Answer | | --- | | 2 1/2 times (5 ÷ 2, not 6 ÷ 3).From The Moscow Puzzles, 1972. |

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