As the baseball season draws to a close, those of us in the Baltimore-Washington area find that we still miss Cal Ripken. To help remember Cal, solve the following cryptogram. This is a multiplication problem in which each digit is replaced by a different letter. Each letter stands for the same digit throughout the problem. None of the numbers starts with a zero, and Cal's uniform number appears three times in the problem!
C A L x C A L ------- K L E N L I R B N C K I ----------- R I P K E N
A = ____
B = ____
C = ____
E = ____
I = ____
K = ____
L = ____
N = ____
P = ____
R = ____
Solution to the Problem:
C A L 8 5 4 x C A L x 8 5 4 ------- ------- K L E N 3 4 1 6 L I R B 4 2 7 0 N C K I 6 8 3 2 ----------- ----------- R I P K E N 7 2 9 3 1 6
A = 5
B = 0
C = 8 -- Cal's Uniform Number
E = 1
I = 2
K = 3
L = 4
N = 6
P = 9
R = 7
Correctly solved by:
1. Richard Johnson | LaJolla, California |
2. John C. Funk | Ventura, California |
3. Akash Patel | Columbus, Georgia |
4. Bill Funk | San Antonio, Texas |
5. Rick Jones | Kennett Square, Pennsylvania |
6. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
7. Kristofer Friman | Tullängen, Sweden |
8. Viktor Bergqvist | Tullängskolan, Sweden |
9. Chris McCormick | Winchester, Virginia |
10. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
11. Jeffrey Gaither | Winchester, Virginia |
12. Cady | Columbus, Georgia |
13. Joanna Monhollen | ---------- |
14. Andrew Oliver | Winchester, Virginia |
15. Nina Karlsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
16. Daniel Larsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
17. Leah Dick | Winchester, Virginia |
18. Michael Jacobs | Winchester, Virgina |
19. Laura LaRusso | Winchester, Virgina |
20. Franklin Harcourt | Columbus, Georgia |
21. Patrick Mize | Columbus, Georgia |
22. Ashley Neumann | Winchester, Virgina |
23. Izzy Kushner | Closter, New Jersey |
24. Misty Carlisle | Winchester, Virgina |
25. Tim Riggleman | ---------- |
25. Ashleigh Rogers | Winchester, Virginia |