Equation Analysis Test #4
by Will Shortz in the May/June 1982 issue of GAMES
and reprinted in the April 2017 issue of GAMES WORLD of PUZZLES



This test does not measure your intelligence, verbal agility, or talent for math.

It will, however, give you some gauge of your alertness, creativity, and awareness of the world around you.   It may also drive you to the brink of madness.

How to solve: Each equation contains the initials of words that are needed to complete it.

Find the missing words.

For example,
225 = S on a S B   would be Squares on a Scrabble Board.


36 = I in a Y     _____
6 = W of H the E     _____
212 = D at which W B     _____
        
3 = P for a F G in F     _____
20 = Y that R V W S     _____
101 = D     _____
        
60 = S in a M     _____
7 = H of R     _____
56 = S of the D of I     _____
        
5 = F on the H     _____
40 = T (with A B)     _____
30 = D H S A J and N     _____
        
1 = D at a T     _____
10 = A in the B of R     _____
435 = M of the H of R     _____
        
16 = O in a P     _____
31 = I C F at B R     _____
50 = C in a H D     _____
        
2 = T D (and a P in a P T)     _____
4 = H of the A     _____
13 = C in a S     _____
        
8 = P of S in the E L     _____
20,000 = L U the S     _____
9 = I in a B G     _____
        
12 = D of C     _____
4 = L P (plus 1 B B W)     _____
98.6 = T of the H B in D F     _____
        
2001 = a S O     _____
"4 S + 7 Y A" = G A by A L     _____




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