1. Determine, by any convenient method, the value of each of the twenty-five variables below.
2. Substitute the value for each variable into the right-hand side of the equation and perform all indicated arithmetic operations.
Use the correct order of operations!
THE CLUES
a = normal body temperature in Celsius
b = the length of a side of a cube whose volume is 125 cm3
c = the value of 1F (base sixteen) in base ten
d = the base ten value of 5736 in base eight
e = the number of piano keys
f = the senses + the Great Lakes
g = (books in a trilogy) x (points in the Star of David)
h = fourscore x starting members of a basketball team
i = degrees in a circle ÷ degrees in a right angle
j = Snow White’s dwarfs + ____ Days in May (book title)
k = floor left out in most hotels x _____ seas
l = alphabet’s letters x dots in a colon
m = “A stitch in time saves _____”
n = freezing point of water (in Fahrenheit)
o = notes in an octave + circles of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy
p = musketeers x baker’s dozen
q = books of the Bible - golden anniversary
r = blackbirds baked in a pie + golf course holes + two decades
s = bits in a half dollar x days in a week
t = field goal – safety (in football)
u = human adult’s teeth + lucky number + original colonies + Wilson’s points
v = Gospels + the Commandments + The Disciples
w = the R’s + legs of a bovine
x = wisdom teeth x each state’s senators to the U.S. Congress
y = checkerboard squares - Presidents on Mount Rushmore
Many thanks to Austin Hale from Grand Junction, Colorado for finding the error in clue i
(it needed to be the division symbol instead of the addition symbol!)
ALso, many thanks to Seth Cohen from Concord, New Hampshire for finding a problem with the formula. It wasn't so fantastic after all!
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Solution:
a = 37
b = 5
c = 31
d= 3038
e = 88
f = 10
g = 18
h = 400
i = 4
j = 14
k = 91
l = 52
m = 9
n = 32
o = 17
p = 39
q = 16
r = 62
s = 28
t = 1
u = 66
v = 26
w = 7
x = 8
y = 60
z = 1
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Seth Cohen | Concord, New Hampshire, USA |
| 2. K. Sengupta | Calcutta, India |
| 3. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 4. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |