Old MacDonald's Math Test
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07/15/17 02:04 PM
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Take out pen and paper, for you'll need it to solve this quiz! Write down the alphabet with its corresponding number: A=1, B=2, ... Y=25, Z=26. Now I've multiplied the numbers of the letters in every word. Can you find an animal in each question?
I've replaced the letters in the alphabet with their respective numbers, and then multiplied these numbers. Decipher the product. "Old Mac Donald Had A Farm" would translate in these brain breaking techniques to 720 - 39 - 40320 - 32 - 1 - 1404. You can try and calculate this out. The next line is quite simple: "E I E I O" would spell "5 - 9 - 5 - 9 - 15". Take into account that every correct answer will contain at least one vowel and at least one consonant. You'll have to break down the product in factors, and then try and find the respective letters. Start out by finding the vowel(s), that makes things a bit manageable. After finding the vowel, concentrate on the largest prime divisor you've found.
1. Let's start with a two letter word. Which male animal has as product 360? Two letters.
2. Now we have a three letter word. Which carnivorous animal has a product of 60 according to brain breaking techniques? Remember A=1, so this letter can pop up in every answer. Three letters.
3. Which herbivorous animal gives a brain breaking product of 361? Be patient. Three letters.
4. A carnivorous animal has the product 420. Which animal are we looking for? Three letters.
5. A less common word for a traditional farm animal has three letters and the product 560 (while the common name for this egg-laying animal has seven letters and a product of 498,960). Can you decipher the number 560? Three letters.
6. Which omnivorous animal has the brain breaking product of 1008? Three letters.
7. Which young herbivorous animal has a brain breaking product of 312? Four letters.
8. Which farm animal has a brain breaking product of 2100? In this particular case, we're looking for a herbivorous animal with two vowels and two consonants. Four letters.
9. Do you feel lucky? Try then and unravel 2772 into a farm animal. Four letters, one vowel.
10. The last animal we're looking for is quite challenging. Let's search for an animal with FIVE letters, and a product of 1872. You might think otherwise, but there are farms (even in the UK) on which these animals live. Which animal are we looking for? Five letters, same vowel twice.
Madelina de Melrose ------------ Don't follow someone mindlessly. They might not have a mind.
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Re: Old MacDonald's Math Test
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Oink! Good start!
Except, that's the answer to #6...
Last edited by Madelina; 07/15/17 03:10 PM.
Madelina de Melrose ------------ Don't follow someone mindlessly. They might not have a mind.
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Re: Old MacDonald's Math Test
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