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Initiarithmetic puzzle
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2009/04/15 - 7:35am
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Your initiarithmetic puzzle brought me back to Middle School. I remember playing this in class one day for fun. Some of the ones I remember were;

18 H on a G C
9 P in the S S (although this has now changed ^_^)
88 K on a P
7 G W of the A W
26 L in the A
7 C in a R

I'm sure there were more, but these are the only ones I remember. Great fun, thanks.

Martha Barnette
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2009/04/15 - 5:31pm
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Thanks, Lychee. This game was more fun than I expected.

Hmmmm . . . Anybody have any more obscure but still guessable examples?

206 B in the HB?
101 D?

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2009/04/16 - 10:28am
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1,352 GP in N?

What I'm doing in my avatar pic might offer a hint.

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2009/04/16 - 11:06am
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If you want to see many more examples just look at the cryptic Twitter Tweets your kids are sending and receiving! And good luck guessing what they mean!

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2009/04/17 - 2:32pm
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Ron -- I dunno, 1,352 guitar pickers in Nebraska?

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2009/04/18 - 2:08am
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On the right track. It's the first line of the Loving Spoonful song "Nashville Cats".

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2009/04/20 - 4:41am
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Back in high school, one of my friends had gotten a tonne of these from one of her classes, and she decided to quiz me on them afterwards. A few I remember are:

3 B M, S H T R
1001 A N
31 F at B R

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