Re: A Trivial Arithmetic Problem

On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:23:46 +0000, IlanMayer wrote:

 
77 / 7 = 11

Multiply by the number of railroads on a Monopoly board.
Add the number of easy pieces.
Add the number of chromosomes in a human cell.
Multiply by the number of kittens that lost their mittens.
Add the number of acres in A. A. Milne's woods.
Multiply by the number of cities in Dickens' tale.
Subtract the number of degrees Fahrenheit at which Bradbury's books burn.
Add the number of Great Lakes.
Divide by the number of days of the condor in the title of Grady's book.
Subtract the number of blackbirds baked in a pie.
Multiply by the number of horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Divide by the number of men on a dead man's chest.
Add the number of a neutral PH.
Subtract the number of carbon atoms in a molecule of ethane.
Multiply by the number of heads on Lofting's Pushme-Pullyou.
Add the number of miles on the road sign to Juster's Digitopolis.
Subtract the number of dried orange pips in a Sherlock Holmes case.
Multiply by the number of the square at which Alice met Humpty Dumpty.
Divide by the number of witches in Macbeth.
Divide by the number of suits in a standard deck of cards.



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David Entwistle