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Hocus-pocus:- maths challenge for a Friday....
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:14 pm
by jtaylor
Don't think I've posted this before, so here goes:-
HOCUS + POCUS = PRESTO
Each letter represents a number from 0 to 9, with one number missing.
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:33 pm
by Great Plum
Yikes,
I wouldn't know how to start unentangling that...
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:18 pm
by jtaylor
I got as far as O being an even number.......
2xS = O, then S has to be an even number....
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:00 pm
by cj
Excellent. More ways to make me feel really stupid!
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:22 pm
by J.R.
I once knew a girl that had a boy-friend called HOCUS.
(Think about it !)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:58 am
by Rory
How about.....
H=4
O=6
C=1
U=9
S=3
P=0
R=5
E=2
T=8
7 is missing.