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Letters and Numbers. Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Weary Banker & Bookworm: The forestry work will make this location unsuitable for a while and so we will archive it. The idea may appear in a new cache and the location could well be brought back into use once the work has been finished.

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Hidden : 9/9/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates above are for the charming village of Kilmington. The cache is not too far away.

Here are questions about five numbers. When you have them, add them together. Your total will be ABCD. Substitute those in the final notation to learn the cache coordinates.

1) What is the sum when the first Roman numeral alphabetically is added to all of the numerically smaller 'Roman letters'?

2) Which is the lowest whole number, to use the letter " a " when spelt in English?

3) What is the lowest number, when spelt in German, that uses the letter b, three times.

4) Which Roman numeral is 499 more than it is in French?

5) What is the only number which, when spelt in English, has all its letters in alphabetic order?

The plastic 3 litre olive barrel is to be found at N50:46:(B-A)(A+D)(A+B+D),W003:02:(C-A)(C-B+A)(D+A+A).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf nyzbfg va yvar jvgu gur znva cngu whfg orsber vgf yrsg ghea. Ybbx sbe n ebggra fghzc, n srj cnprf onpx sebz gur sne onax.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)