The cache is not at the posted
coordinates. You must solve the puzzle below to find the
geocache. The posted coordinates will
take you to a basketball court which is a great place to play
basketball, but there is no cache there.
The boys and I have
been excited to create our own cache, and this is it. There is such
a sense of satisfaction gained from solving a geocache puzzle and a math problem, so this cache
combines the two. Both of my boys love math, and as a math teacher
this thrills me to infinity and beyond
J.
I know math can be challenging for students, so I have included the
geochecker for the puzzle.
Thanks to the City of Madison (J. Weinstock)for
giving permission. Anyone wishing to place a cache in a city of
Madison park must contact Rhonda Veroeven who will gain permission
from Madison Parks representative. To contact Rhonda please email
purpleirises1@yahoo.com or through WISearchers at GC.com
Geocaching activity is only allowed in general parklands in the
City of Madison and Geocaching activity is prohibited at: Forest
Hill Cemetery, Olbrich Garden, City of Madison conservation parks,
Odana Golf Course, Monona Golf Course, Yahara Golf Course, Glenway
Golf Course and areas with identified Indian Mounds.
All geocachers will be respectful of all public parkland. No
digging or penetration of ground surface will be permitted. Trees,
shrubs and plants will not be disturbed or altered at any
time.
The geocache can be found at the
coordinates
N43°KL.MNP
W089°QR.STU
To find each
coordinate, you must solve the following ten math problems [yes it
is a test, and I know you may not like that, but hey, nobody said
you had to go find this geocache,
right? ;-) ]. Each problem has ten
answers. Each answer has a digit 0-9 associated with it.
Example problem: What
is the ones digit of pi?
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3 → use 0
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1 → use 1
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4
→ use 2
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5 → use 3
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9
→ use 4
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2 → use 5
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6
→ use 6
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7
→ use 7
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0
→ use 8
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8
→ use 9
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The correct answer is
3, so you would use 0 since that is the matching answer. Please
note that the correct answer will usually not match with the digit
to place in the puzzle. Are your pencils sharpened? Did you pick up
a piece of scratch paper to use? Good luck, you can do
it….believe in yourself. Scroll down to the part of the page
with the image titled We Love Math Algebra part 1 problems or go to
the image gallery to see the We Love Math Algebra part 1 version 2
problems
Just like in math class, bring your own writing utensil.
Extra Credit
J
I often have students
who ask, “When will I ever use this?” For extra credit,
include in your log when you have used Algebra in either your job
or your life. Writing “I never use math” or any
negative comments will be accepted in the log but will not earn you
extra credit
J.