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| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
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| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
707.0. "Words + numbers = puzzle" by WELMTS::HILL (Technology is my Vorpal sword) Fri Aug 11 1989 12:05
I know it's not really word play, or is it? Anyway I thought some
of you may like to try solving the arithmetic of this...
It is in pre-1971 English currency, i.e. Pounds, Shillings and Pence.
For youngsters and foreigners there were 12 pennies in a shilling,
and 20 shillings in a pound, with the following coinage:
Pence 1/4 1/2 1 3 6
Shillings 1 2 5
Other 2 shillings and 6 pence
Now the problem is to fill in the values to reach the total given:
Pounds Shillings Pence
A boy's name
A girl's name
A craftsman
Saturn, Pluto and Neptune
Two wheeled transport
Headgear
A singing voice
An ailing sea creature
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16 6 9
If needed, which I doubt, I'll post the answer in a couple of days.
Nick
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 707.1 | I may be in France, but I know my onions..... | ULYSSE::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Fri Aug 11 1989 14:51 | 14 |
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Pounds Shillings Pence
A boy's name (BOB) 1 0
A girl's name (PENNY) 1
A craftsman (TANNER) 6
Saturn, Pluto and Neptune (3 FAR Things) 3/4
Two wheeled transport (OLD ORDINARY !!) 1 1/4
Headgear (CROWN) 5 0
A singing voice (TENNER ???) 10 0 0
An ailing sea creature (SICK SQUID) 6 0 0
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16 6 9
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| 707.2 | And still riding a 1 1/4 ? | WELMTS::HILL | Technology is my Vorpal sword | Mon Aug 14 1989 11:17 | 5 |
| Congrats to Robin.
But I didn't realise yoy were that old!
Nick
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