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Tricky Math: Number of the BEAST

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Posers and Puzzles 19 Nov '15 10:22
  1. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    19 Nov '15 10:22
    If
    223 = 0
    334 = 1
    445 = 2
    556 = 1
    667 = 2
    778 = 2
    889 = 5

    What is 666?
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    20 Nov '15 04:021 edit
    Originally posted by wolfgang59
    If
    223 = 0
    334 = 1
    445 = 2
    556 = 1
    667 = 2
    778 = 2
    889 = 5

    What is 666?
    990,990,990
  3. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    20 Nov '15 05:15
    Originally posted by coquette
    990,990,990
    Thanks for trying ... but the answer is between 0 & 9
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    20 Nov '15 19:49
    Originally posted by wolfgang59
    If
    223 = 0
    334 = 1
    445 = 2
    556 = 1
    667 = 2
    778 = 2
    889 = 5

    What is 666?
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  5. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    21 Nov '15 02:10
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
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    Correct
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    29 Nov '15 23:04
    Originally posted by coquette
    990,990,990
    =9
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    01 Dec '15 06:37
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
    =9
    Yes ... things must be slow in the other fora.
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    If

    223 = 3
    334 = 2
    445 = 1
    556 = 3
    667 = 2
    778 = 1
    889 = 3

    What is 666?
  9. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    03 Dec '15 08:28
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
    If

    223 = 3
    334 = 2
    445 = 1
    556 = 3
    667 = 2
    778 = 1
    889 = 3

    What is 666?
    2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 are worth 1
    4 and 7 are worth 0

    666 = 3
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    05 Dec '15 18:572 edits
    Correct.

    If

    223 = 2
    334 = 3
    445 = 8
    556 = 4
    667 = 2
    778 = 4
    889 = 0

    What is 666?
  11. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    11 Dec '15 07:57
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
    Correct.

    If

    223 = 2
    334 = 3
    445 = 8
    556 = 4
    667 = 2
    778 = 4
    889 = 0

    What is 666?
    A solution (there are others)
    is
    2=1
    3=0
    4=3
    5=2
    6=0
    7=2
    8=0
    9=0

    666 = 0
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    11 Dec '15 18:14
    Yes.

    Why does 4=3 and 6=0?
  13. Standard memberwolfgang59
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    12 Dec '15 00:50
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
    Yes.

    Why does 4=3 and 6=0?
    No idea .. just solved it algebraically 😕
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    12 Dec '15 01:58
    Originally posted by wolfgang59
    No idea .. just solved it algebraically 😕
    The first post was about the number of holes in each digit. Same sort of reasoning applies here.
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    27 Dec '15 15:58
    Originally posted by AThousandYoung
    The first post was about the number of holes in each digit. Same sort of reasoning applies here.
    Straight pen strokes in figure?

    223 = 7
    334 = 6
    445 = 5
    556 = 10
    667 = 7
    778 = 14
    889 = 0
    666 = ?
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