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PEMDAS #1 Mystery Cache

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HighCountryAdmin: I am archiving this defunct geocache to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair or replace the cache sometime in the future, please contact me via my profile, and assuming it still meets the guidelines, I will be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 1/19/2015
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Remember in 6th grade… The order of Operations…

DO THESE IN ORDER

Parentheses

Exponents/Square Roots

Multiplication

Division

Addition

Subtraction

Do Multiplication and Division together and Addition & Subtraction together and once you get to only Addition & Subtraction you just go from left to right.


Although it is very hard to find in a clear dirt area, it is WAY harder to find when flowers are covering it up... The best time to find this cache is in the Fall ;)

BEGINNERS: DO NOT TRY TO FIND THIS CACHE (VERY HARD)!!!

This cache is not posted at its original coordinates. Figure out these problems and make substitutions on the coordinates below the problems.

A: 49÷7+(2+1)-(18÷2)=

B: 186÷6+(1+1)÷1+(2+3)-30 =

C: (√484+16+6)÷11 =

D: 102÷2-(15+15)+(5+0)-26 =

E: √49*3+9*(4+5)-(102-1) =

F: (√144*3-3+3+30)÷(3*2)-8 =

G (8*8+(3+3)-35-23)-3 =

H: √576-((24÷(1+2))-(30÷10))-16 =

I: 1000÷25-22÷(5+3+3)-34 =

J: (√7744÷11+(9+9)÷2)-8 =

K: 18÷(2*(5+4))-1 =

L: ((3*3*(2+2))÷2)*2÷1-33 =

M: (100÷25)*10-32 =

N: (√64*3+(3+3)+36)÷6-4 =

O: ((30÷10)*(10*10)*(9÷3))÷(5+5)-82 =

( * = Multiplication Sign)

(N) FG° LE.MHN (W) ADI° CB.KJO

(N) _ _° _ _ . _ _ _ (W) _ _ _° _ _ . _ _ _

If you need a little help on the problems go to this page:

(Note: if you copy/paste the equations into the math site, it makes the square root numbers 0, it must not know how to do those, you will need to figure out the square root and type that into the equation yourself)

Order of Operations Calculator

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The difficuty of this cache (4.5) is mostly based on how hard the cache is to find, not necessarily the math problems...

Congratulations to lifted49 who put a lot of work in to finding this cache with the help of animjason :)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fznyy Ebpxf: Pbeare

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)