#164 Sum thing wrong
Amira presented her homework to her teacher:
2 7 9 7
+ 2 3 6 7
= 4 6 5 4
Wrong, Amira, please check your working.
鈥淚 promise you it is right. It is just that I have used a code. Every digit used represents a different digit, and the same digit is always represented by the same 鈥榳rong鈥 digit. For example, maybe I replaced all the 6s with 4s. Or maybe I did something else鈥
鈥淵ou are giving me a headache, Amira鈥.
What is the correct sum?
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Quick quiz #148
1 A molecule that is neutral overall but has both positively and negatively charged functional groups is known as a what?
2 In what year did NASA鈥檚 New Horizons probe fly by Pluto?
3 Cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol are compounds in which vitamin group?
4 What name is given to the horn-like structures on the heads of giraffes and male okapi?
5 Which 20th-century British physicist attended the same primary school as Archibald Leach (later known as actor Cary Grant)?
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#163 Down for the count
Solution
The contestants managed to get the answers 1, 2, 5 and 9. Here are possible routes to those numbers.
(((100,000 + 10,000) 梅 1000) 鈥 100) 梅 10 = 1
((100,000 梅 10,000) + (1000 梅 100)) 梅 10 = 2
10,000 梅 (10 脳 ((100,000 梅 1000) + 100)) = 5
10 鈥 (100,000 脳 100) 梅 (10,000 脳 1000) = 9
Quick quiz #148
Answers
1 A zwitterion
2 2015
3 Vitamin D
4 Ossicones
5 Paul Dirac
