August 2017
Problem of the Month

Cinematic Conversions



We’ve changed 15 movie titles by replacing units of measure (not always used in a measurement context) with equivalent quantities of a different unit.

For example, One Hundred Twelve Ounces represents the movie title Seven Pounds.   Can you convert the units to restore the original titles?
1. One Week in May

2. Sixty Thousand Miles Under the Sea

3. Seventy-Two Hours of the Condor

4. The Longest Three Feet

5. A Most Violent Twelve Months

6. Three-Quarters of a Year

7. Rush Sixty Minutes

8. My Left Twelve Inches

9. Four Million Eight Hundred Forty Thousand Square Feet

10. Hot One-Fortieth of a Furlong

11. A Little Eighth of a Byte of Heaven

12. The Three-Thousand-Forty-Eight-Centimeter Journey

13. Tin Half Pint

14. The Hundred-Thousand-Dynes Boys

15. Almost Three-Quarters of an Ounce


Solution to the Problem:

Credit was given if you could answer ten of the movies correctly.   The number of correct answers that each person submitted is in parentheses below.

1. Seven Days in May

2. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

3. Three Days of the Condor

4. The Longest Yard

5. A Most Violent Year

6. nine Months

7. Rush Hour

8. My Left Foot

9. A Thousand Acres

10. Hot Rod

11. A Little Bit of Heaven

12. The Hundred-Foot Journey

13. Tin Cup

14. The Newton Boys

15. 21 Grams




Correctly solved by:

1. Eliza Sheffield, Alex Seminov and Anna Vice (10 correct) Boston, Massachusetts
Reston, Virginia
2. Bob Currie (15 correct) R E Campbell Company,
Houston, Texas
3. Brijesh Dave (15 correct) Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India
4. James Alarie (14 correct) Flint, Michigan
5. Jonathan Punke (15 correct) Joliet Central High School,
Joliet, Illinois
6. Mairany Jaracuaro (15 correct) Delta High School,
Delta, Colorado


Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher