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Tue 4 Dec, 2007 01:30 am
my teacher actually made this up as extra credit. I'm the only one who got it and trust me it isn't easy, i gave him like 4 different numbers and one was right luckily, it's fun tho.(the number isn't really special or anything so you're not positive you got it).
My suggestion is that if you think the number could be multiplied by more than one thing, try both routes, it isn't a perfect riddle.
O btw,you have to follow it iin order and whenever it says multiply "it", it = the new/current number. good luck if anyone tries, feel free to discuss here i might give clues...
"Start with a prime number; 400 years after the election of Pope #260
Multiply it by a prime number; Superbowl XLV
all these years are making me dizzy.
Multiply it by the year that communists captured Seoul.
Multiply it by twice the size of TOTI's september name.
Multiply it again by the exact same.
Now I don't know if you're on the right track,
but if you are I give you a pat on the back,
your reward is a freebee: now multiply it by three.
Getting closer; you'll have to multiply it three more times
though the order of the numbers isn't quite clearly defined
but necessary in discovering the number you must find.
The first number you multiply the current product by
is far too easy; if you just kept putting in numbers...
I guarantee that it's the second one that you will try.
Too easy? yes I know, but that smile will not last.
For this next one is much different(spoken by Will Ritson),
subtract the numbers of the year when the norse explorer was born.
One number left to multiply your current product by,
you can find it by staring at the stars in the sky,
it's invisible to you, but he knows that it's there."
Re: Try to Figure out this Riddle.
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Pope #260
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Hm, counting of popes is not uniquely defined, but since 2339 is a prime number, i went with Pius XII, even though he is # 261 for some people
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Multiply it by twice the size of TOTI's september name.
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TOTI???
I went with Twilight of the Innocents, since there is a September Single
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Getting closer; you'll have to multiply it three more times
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By my count there are two more multiplications and one subtraction
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if you just kept putting in numbers...
I guarantee that it's the second one that you will try.
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Well, I would start at 0, which means the answer would be 1
But since multiplying by one is trivial, I took 2 instead, assuming that your teacher starts his count at 1
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subtract the numbers of the year when the norse explorer was born.
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Subtract the numbers???
He was born in one year, so there is only ONE number.
Or does he mean digits?
I assume not (judging by the rest of the riddle this is obviously not your maths teacher)
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you can find it by staring at the stars in the sky,
it's invisible to you, but he knows that it's there."[/quote]
Who knows it's there???
The only thing I can think of is Sirius B, the invisible (to the naked eye) companion of Sirius (A).
But what number would you associate with it?
I'll go with the diameter and therefore arrive at the number
435495197248651800
which is probably wrong, but I don't really care...