Tricky Math: Number of the BEAST

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19 Nov 15 10:22

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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 04:02

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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

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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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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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02 Dec 15 20:58

If

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

What is 666?

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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 18:57

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Correct.

If

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

What is 666?

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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?

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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 = ?