**The
cache is not located at the listed coordinates, but they are given
for suggested parking. You must solve a puzzle concerning prime
numbers to locate the cache.**(Two Stages).
The location
of this cache is based on prime numbers. A prime number can be
defined as a positive whole integer that can be only divided by
itself and one with no remainder. The number one is not considered
to be a prime number, and two is the only even prime number. So the
first few prime numbers would be:
For more
information on prime numbers, see the Wikipedia article on prime
numbers here.
On this
cache, both the North and West coordinates are represented by prime
numbers.
The integers
that are included in these two prime numbers are:
00123445578889
The North
latitude is N PR° IM.ENU’
The sum of
the integers for the North latitude (P+R+I+M+E+N+U) is
35.
Thirty five
is not a prime number, but a composite number, because it can be
factored by 1, 5, 7 and itself.
The West
longitude is W 0PR° IM.ENU’ (Don't consider
that first zero before the "PR", as it is a filler.)
The sum of
the integers for the West longitude (P+R+I+M+E+N+U) is
29.
Twenty nine
is a prime number.
You can check
whether a number is a prime number or not at:
www.Prime-Numbers.org. You can link to that site here.
When you
arrive at the prime spot, which is marked, proceed 40 feet north by north-north-east to
find the cache container.
You can check
your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
There is a scratch-off each for the FTF and the STF.