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5th Grade Math Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/7/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


5th Grade Math

The cache is NOT located at the above coordinates.  To find the correct coordinates you will have to solve the following problems. They were taken from the book Math Contests Grades 4, 5, & 6 Volume 2 by Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler.

 N 43 01.ABC W 089 23.DEF

  1. 1000 x 100 x 10 x 1 x .1 x 0.01 x 0.001=
  2.  12 : 3 =20 : ?
  3.  2 - 2 + 2 - 2 +2 =
  4. The numeral 1990 has four digits. How many digits are there in the numeral for one million?
  5. 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 9 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 =
  6. What is the product of all four digits in the year 1990?

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb tb haqre gur gerr pnabcl. Pnpur "pbagnvare" pna or frra sebz bhgfvqr. N srj fgrcf naq n ybat ernpu naq lbh jvyy unir gur pnpur va unaq.

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)