GC60WKV SP#1 (Unknown Cache) in Texas, United States created by ddvdude

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ddvdude: Six years... 100+ finds... time for a new puzzle cache in the area. Thanks for all of those that found this one! :) Cache is now archived. (Besides, I had a few people tell me that math is too hard!)(Really? That's the math I taught in 5th grade!) :)

GC60WKV ▼

A cache by ddvdude Message this owner

Hidden : 8/4/2015

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SP#1 – Why learn math?

About this series: A beginning series for young ones to start understanding puzzle caches. Each one in the series will get slightly harder yet should be understood by a 5th grader.

CACHE IS NOT AT THE COORDINATES - SOLVE THE PUZZLE BELOW TO GET CORRECT CACHE COORDINATES!

Congrats to kendycar and nancydrewblood for being First to Find!! (kendycar's 2nd & nancydrewbloods first!!)

There is a picture below near the logs that is the puzzle. Print it out to make a final paper that you can write on. Otherwise, here it is:

Question: SP#1 – Why learn math?
Answer: So you can get the coordinates for the geocache!!!

Directions: Figure out each math problem and then put the answer into the blanks with that letter. For instance on A if the answer is 5 then put a 5 in the A slot below (that’s not the answer, it is an example).

A: If Sandy had 9 acorns and put them into 3 groups, how many would she have in each group? (Put the answer in the answer blank below next to the N and above the A blank)

B: If I have two apples, three pears, twenty-two grapes, and five Parker County Peaches, how many apples do I have?

C: If x = 1 and y = 2 and z = 3 what would z + x =

D: If Mr. Crabbs had 55 crabby patties and sold 11 an hour, how many hours would it be before he sold them all?

E: SpongeBob has lots of holes in his body… (of course he’s a sponge!) He is six sided so if he had a total of 1,074 holes in his body (some big some little) and if there were the same number on each side of his body, how many holes would be on each side of his body?

F: Have you learned prime numbers yet? Put the 25th prime number in the F locations.

G: Two to the 2nd power

H: Last one! Multiply 1184.5 x 6

N ___ ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ W ___ ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___
A B C D E E E F F G H H H H
(THESE ARE THE REAL COORDINATES - NOW GO FIND THE CACHE!) ==========================================================================

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)

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